Cannot access shared printer on a wireless network

I have a Windows XP PC system (a |Dell) with a locally attached Lexmark
all-in-one printer. I can print OK from the PC. The Dell has a wireless
network using Netgear router. The laptop I am typing this on is successfully
attached to the internet through the wireless connection - i.e. throught the
Netgaear router. The only thing I can't seem to get working is to access the
Lexmark from this laptop.

I have made the Lexmark a shared device. When I run the wizard to add a
printer, I am not sure how to specify the printer name, so it seems that the
wizard cannot find the shared Lexmark and hence not add it. On the Dell, the
printer name is shown as "Lexmark.pcl", but the wizard requires you to put in
a name that looks like a URL. If I try the "browse" option on the wizard, it
can't sem to find the printer properly. So I am struggling to add the printer
to my laptop.

The help instructions don't help.

Any assistance would be appreciated.

Sorry, this question was posted on the wrong forum. I have posted it
subsequently on the printer forum.

"Sheina" wrote:

> I have a Windows XP PC system (a |Dell) with a locally attached Lexmark
> all-in-one printer. I can print OK from the PC. The Dell has a wireless
> network using Netgear router. The laptop I am typing this on is successfully
> attached to the internet through the wireless connection - i.e. throught the
> Netgaear router. The only thing I can't seem to get working is to access the
> Lexmark from this laptop.
>
> I have made the Lexmark a shared device. When I run the wizard to add a
> printer, I am not sure how to specify the printer name, so it seems that the
> wizard cannot find the shared Lexmark and hence not add it. On the Dell, the
> printer name is shown as "Lexmark.pcl", but the wizard requires you to put in
> a name that looks like a URL. If I try the "browse" option on the wizard, it
> can't sem to find the printer properly. So I am struggling to add the printer
> to my laptop.
>
> The help instructions don't help.
>
> Any assistance would be appreciated.
>
>

Might be the firewall on the PC sharing the printer needs to have an
exception for your wireless client to access it. Also if you are shaing
the printer the UNC name would be \\%pcname%\%printersharedasname%. It
also might be that you nee to use the IP address of the PC sharing the
printer as the workstation is not broadcasting it name.