[brewer37]

Well I have a computer in my room and my brother across the hall has a computer in his room.. Is it possable that i can set up the printer in my room but he can wirelessly print to it any time he wants to ? and if so is there anything I have to make sure the printer has befor I buy it in order to do this?

[AuroraDizon]

you can print through a network if you set up a home network. Make sure you have a wireless router and they are both hooked up to it. (Wirelessly or not) after you install networks and make sure your firewall's configuration is set properly to allow acess to each others shared folders, you can even download the printer drivers from the other workgroup computer.(Also you can set certain files to be shared on a network, like pictures, music, video etc)

[smax013]

[quote name='AuroraManson']you can print through a network if you set up a home network. Make sure you have a wireless router and they are both hooked up to it. (Wirelessly or not) after you install networks and make sure your firewall's configuration is set properly to allow acess to each others shared folders, you can even download the printer drivers from the other workgroup computer.> > > > (Also you can set certain files to be shared on a network, like pictures, music, video etc)There are also printers that come with a network interface and some that even come with built-in WiFi access. So, you can use a traditional printer that is hooked to one of the computers and is then shared across a network or have a printer that is directly on the network (i.e. not hooked to a computer directly). The downside of the printer hooked to a computer is that computer must always be turned on for the other computer to print. If you get a printer with its own network interface (either ethernet or WiFi), then you only need to leave the printer on.You can also get adapters that will turn standard printers into network printers. Or you can get a network hard drive (for central, shared storage) that also allows you to hook a printer to the drive that then is accessable from the network.