How can I connect 20+ computers to an HP Laserjet 4100 printer?

I'm working at this little school and we recently got many printers for free one of which is a HP Laserjet 4100. All the computers are connected wirelessly to a network. What I had in mind is just connecting one of the computers to the printer and maybe the rest would automatically connect to the printer through that one computer. They are running XP service pack 2. Thank you very much. Goodbye.How can I connect 20+ computers to an HP Laserjet 4100 printer?
Once you connect the printer to the computer, you're going to need to share the printer by going into the network settings. Once that is done, all the other computers connected to the network will be able to access the printer.How can I connect 20+ computers to an HP Laserjet 4100 printer?
Usually the best solution is to add the printer to your existing network, NOT install the printer on one computer and share it. The printer in question is a nice printer that can handle the workload of an entire network if needed.





Check and see if the printer supports ethernet natively. The printer may have the built in network port that you would need to connect the device right to your network switch/hub. You can then install the printer on each computer as a Network printer as opposed to a Local printer.





This option is good because it makes the printer independent of any one computer system. You don't have to worry about the one computer remaining up/on/online for the printer to work. It also makes managing the printer easier.
Make the printer into a network printer. Couple websites I found just through searching ';network printer'; on Google





http://lifehacker.com/software/step-by-s鈥?/a>


http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using鈥?/a>


http://h71036.www7.hp.com/hho/cache/5453鈥?/a>
plushappypimps - HP generally labels their printers with an ';N'; in the name if it is a network printer.





Your going to need to use one of the systems as a print server. If you have a low end system, set it up to handle the networking and print jobs.
yes youcan connect the HP 4100 printer, you can do this:





Connect the printer to the computer, as alocal one, then do this:





start%26gt;printer and faxes%26gt; add a printer%26gt; local printer%26gt; share printer