How can you set up a network printer? i enabled it to be shared on my main computer where the printer is plugged in and then when i go to add printer i find the printer and when i choose it it says " you need to specify a valid printer name" so the name of the printer that came up was "MIKES" and it was under mshome. So i type in MIKES in the printer name and then it says"windows cannot connect to the printer. either the name was typed incorrectly or the printer lost connection, which i know is not the case. what should i do?
Ok, it was so easy for me. I have a c5180 printer. I just pluged it in to my router but NOT in to my computer. I just plugged the ethernet cable in to my router. My main computer picks it up and so does my laptop. It was easy.
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