Hi

What firewall are you using? this may interfere.

you can share a printer fairly easy in windows:
- Click "Start" then "Settings" then "Printers and Faxes"
- Right click on the printer you wish to share.
- Click "sharing"
- Change the radio box from "Do not share this printer" to "Share this printer"
- Give the printer a share name. For example "myprinter" to make it announced. "myprinter$" to make it hidden.
(Tip: Some 9x boxes with older drivers dont like printer shares longer than 8 characters)

Now, to add the shared printer to other computers!
- Click "Start" then "Settings" then "Printers and Faxes"
- Double-click "Add Printer"
(Tip: Sometimes there won't be an "Add Printer" icon. In that case, right click inside the "Printers and Faxes" folder and click "Add Printer" in the right-click menu.)
- The "Add Printer Wizard" will appear, click next.
- Highlight the "A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer" radio box.
- You can "Browse" for a printer, or manually type in the printer by highlighting "Connect to this printer (or to browse for a printer, select this option and hit Next):"
(Tip: If you do it manually, the printer will be in the "\\<computer name>\<printer share name>" format.)
- Hit next once you find the printer.

Luck...