[NTLUG:Discuss] Printer sharing from XP to FC6?

[Leroy Tennison]

John K. Taber wrote:
> My wife needs to use the printer while she is on Windows XP and I am on
> Linux, Fedora Core 6.
> 
> We had been using a data switch for the printer, but something has gone
> wrong with her parallel port and it looks like I would have to replace
> the motherboard to fix it, which task I'm deferring.
> 
> If we are both running XP then she can access the printer through my
> machine.
> 
> How can I achieve the same via Linux? I don't understand networking well
> enough to figure this out on my own.
> 
> Our connection is via a router, both of us using an ethernet port.
> 
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The first two replies are good alternatives, a third to consider is IPP
printing.

You say you are connected via a router, are both machines on the same
subnet?