Help installing fax machine on network

[fourdc]

I have an HP multifunction hooked my home lan via a wired ethernet switch. I had to install the HP software on each computer (a mix of Windows 7 and XP) The HP install cd set the scanner and fax up when it set up the configuration to use the printer. Basically the printer is set up as a network printer and the rest just followed.

Ironically, the 2 notebook computers I run Ubuntu on found the printer and set themselves up without an installation cd.

How is the printer set up now? To one computer (acting as a server) through it's USB? If the printer has an ethernet port, disconnect the usb printer port connection and set it up as a network printer instead. As I said the software installs on each computer should take care of the rest.

On my printer/fax the logging is done internally on the fax machine. The computer resident software is just reading the fax machines internal log.
I need more coffee.
Dave