How to share printer

at home I use a Speedsteam SS2064 router with a printer port on it. There others manufactor that make routers with a printer on them.

I have seen 4 and 8 port routers with a printer port on them.

I have 4 pc/laptops the can printer to my color laserjet printer with no problems
My units use Window 98 and XP Home

You have to use a share port to setup the printer.
You have to install the printer for each machine.
I set mine up with two print ques. One for color and the other for black only.

you can for a network print hub that have a USB or parralel port on it. You have to setup to print to an IP address. Instruction should came with it.

hope this helps
good luck

if you're using Windows XP with the built-in Internet Connection Firewall and you can't connect to it from other computers, see How to Share Files through Windows XP's Internet Connection Firewall.

I can't "see" other computers in My Network Places/Network Neighborhood
If one or more computers is not showing up in your My Network Places/Network Neighborhood folder, one of the computers is not configured properly. Here are some things to look for:

Make sure none of computers are set up to use a "Windows NT Domain" or a "Business Domain."
All of the computers should have the same setting for "Workgroup."
All computer should have the same protocol, clients, and services installed (e.g. TCP/IP, File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks, and Client for Microsoft Networks). Note that these protocols you have slightly different names in different versions of Windows. If you're using Internet Connection Sharing, the NetBEUI protocol should not be used; otherwise, you may need NetBEUI in order to access other computers on your network.
No two computers should have the same computer name.
Some computer names supported by Windows 2000 and Windows XP are not compatible with Windows 9x/Me, such as names with spaces. Simplify all your computer names and try again.
Don't discount the possibility of a hardware malfunction or a bad network cable. New network adapters (NICs) are ridiculously cheap and easily replaced.

Start with the win 98 machines.
In network properties all need the same workgroup. Log in with a screen name and password. To see the PCs on the network n-hood set up a temporary share. You can disable this later but for testing it will allow the PCs to be seen. Click on the network n-hood icon on the desktop. The workgroup and the computers should show up.

Run the network wizard on the xp box. Open control panel, network wizard. Select the choice that matches. Make sure to use the same work group name.

Add the win98 users to xp with the same login names and passwords. This will allow them to connect and access the shares.
Now open the printers folder and right click on the printer and select share the printer.

From win 98 click on network n-hhod on the desktop and the workgroup should show up. Open that and select the xp machine find the shared printer and right click on it and select install have the drivers ready if not included in the list of supplied drivers.

If you have a firewall you'll need to allow the PCs to connect when it warns of the connection. Or allow the range of IP addresses you have. An example of this would be from 192.168.0.100 to 192.168.0.110. To get the IP addresses on win 98 click srart, run type winipcfg and hit enter. In the list you'll be looking for the network adapter. The PPP adapter may be listed first so use the dropdown arrow and select the nic from the list. It will show the IP address. For XP you can click start, run, type in cmd and at the command prompt type ipconfig. It will list the address.

Don't forget to remove the shared folders if you don't want that. Also if you dont want to remove the share from the shared documents folder when you open my computer.