Printer Networking

I am attempting to add a printer to my home network, both computers using Microsoft Windows XP Professional. The following are the steps I took to network but on my other computer when I tried to find the shared printer it didn't show up.

To Share/Network the Printer
Clicked Start and then click Control Panel.
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Clicked Printers and Other Hardware, and then click Printers and Faxes.
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In the Printers and Faxes folder, I clicked the printer's icon and, in the tasks pane, I clicked Share This Printer.
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I opened the printer's Properties dialog box, and clicked on the Sharing tab.
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I clicked Share Name, and then clicked OK.



To connect to the printer
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I opened Control Panel, and clicked Printers and Other Hardware.
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I clicked Add a Printer.
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Instead of adding a local printer, though, I clicked Printer Connection and then browsed the network for the printer.

 

im assuming u ran the setup disk before connecting the printer

 

ru u networking through a router or port switch?

 

How do I add a network printer to my laptop?
The HP printer is connected to my iMac, I'm trying to print wireless from an IBM laptop which doesn't seem to find the printer. How can I find it?
printer toner

 

The most common "gotcha" in your scenario (donmadden614) is that your security software is blocking the sharing. Norton, McAfee, CA, and many others can be infuriatingly frustrating to get configured.
To check, right-click My Computer and choose Explore. On the left hand side, click the + next to My Network Places, + next to Entire Network, + next to Microsoft Windows Network, and + next to your Workgroup name. You should be able to see all the computers on your home network. If you can't, first check that they are all in the same workgroup (System in control panel and computer name). If they are not, change the workgroup to be the same on all then try again. If they are in the same workgroup, try temporarilly disabling the firewall component of your antivirus app and I'll bet they then appear.
BTW, when this works properly, all you have to do is right-click on the printer which appears under the correct PC and choose connect. It will pull the drivers for the printer across the network for you so you don't (and shouldn't) install the printer software on any but the system hosting the printer.