Re: Setting up a print server in XP

It can, but only for a very limited number of users. The cap is either 5 or
10 concurrent users, I don't recall which. Just share the printer out, and
users should be able to connect to it by opening the folder \\[server
machine name] and double clicking on the printer icon, just like if they
were browsing to a file share. Depending on how secure your home network
is, you may want to set up a password for your printer. I do this myself at
home, and I also have 2 printer queues for my one printer, one with the
drivers from the OEM web site and one with the drivers from the windows CD,
because they are different, and have slightly different behavior.

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"Ann Cortez" <anncortez@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Can you set up a printer server using Windows XP? I have
> a small home network with a printer connected to a Windows
> XP machine. Can this machine become a print server for my
> small network?