Setting up shared printer?

I have a lexmark X75 printer hooked up to my desktop running XP. I have a D-link DIR-625 router, and a laptop running vista. My question is, can I print things from my laptop through the router, to the Lexmark? And if so, How can i set this up??





P.S. i already have a network setup in my home, with file and printer sharing on, I just need to know how to setup the printer to print from my laptop through the network/routerSetting up shared printer?
1. On the computer that the printer is manually attached to. Go to Printers and Fax under the start menu.





2. Right click the printer you are trying to share and go to properties.





3. Go to the Sharing tab and check share this printer and check the box that says list in directory. Click ok to exit out.





4. Go to your laptop and back to the printer and fax menu. At the top left you will see a button to add a printer click that.





5. When the Wizard pops up select next. Then select a network printer. Select Next.





6. Then search the entire directory by selecting Find now and your printer should pop up. Once it does select it and hit ok to exit.





Good Luck. Setting up shared printer?
Try this.....








How to Setup a Shared Printer for XP and Vista











1. On your network, look at the computer name for the computer you wish to connect to (Host) and click in to it. You should be able to see the name of the printer you wish to connect. You will need these 2 names for step number 7/8.





2. Now click on the Printers icon in the control panel.





3. Right click on a blank portion of the screen, select add printer and a menu will pop up.





4. Choose the add local printer option.





5. Now choose 'Create New Port'.





6. Click Next.





7. Another popup screen will open. This is where you need the computer and printer name.





8. Enter the following into the box \\computername\printername





9. Click OK





10. It will now prompt you to pick your printer firmware. Select your model.





11. Click Next. It will now ask to either use the installed driver, or replace the current driver. Pick what you wish.








12. Click Next. Type in a printer name. And either select, or unselect the 'Set as Default Printer Option.





13. It will now install the printer.





14. You have now successfully added a printer. You can now test a print sheet.








Hope this works for you,























When browsing for it try typing the following into explorer:





\\ip address of pc with printer share\printer share name





ie: \\192.168.1.50\hplsjet





if it finds it, click on it and connect.