Help please....printer name does NOT appear

hi, all above is to be done, again check on ur laptop that the shared printer is set to default printer, secondly also check if the printer is marked off line,just uncheck that.. u should be gud 2 go... let me know

File and print sharing works over NETBIOS protocol , Make sure that NETBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled , some times NETBIOS forwarding is blocked by router firewall.

Follow these steps

1) make sure that both personal computer and laptop is on the same subnet for example

* Personal Computer IP : 192.168.1.2 Mask : 255.255.255.0
GateWay 192.168.1.1 (router)

* Laptop IP : 192.168.1.3 Mask : 255.255.255.0 Gw : 192.168.1.1(router)

* Wireless Router IP : 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0

2) Enable File and Print Sharing on Personal Computer and share the printer as required

3) Enable Forward NETBIOS in the router , Check your firewalls manual for this step

4) In the laptop open printers and say add printer, and select network printer if you dont see shared printer in the list we have an alternative way

open Start --> Run and type \\192.168.1.2 if it ask username and password give username and password that you use in personal computer , In the opened window you can see the printer which is shared , Just double click it . It will install itself in the Laptop

Hope this would help solving the problem

Good Luck