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two W-7 pc's won't share a printer. Why?

Hi,
I've got two brandnew computers. Both Windows 7. I have two HP Laserjet printers, one is the model 3030 and the other 3050. If I connect the printer locally, Windows finds the printer and it functions. But when I share the printer and I want to access the printer from the other PC, it does not function. Here is what I did in detail:
- attach the printer with an USB-cable to pc1, share the printer with laserjet3030 (or 3050) as share name.
- open explorer on pc2, check the network and yes, the printer is visible.
- "add printer" on pc2, choose "local", choose "local port", fill in the UNC path : \\pc1\laserjet3030
- select the correct printer brand and model to install the driver
- everything is looking good, the printer looks installed, I print a test page.
- I see the test page appearing in the print queue and ....
 - and it stays there. Bugger.

For some reason my shared printer won't print.

Anybody a clue? Do I need to change some setting in de firewall of pc1?

Best regards,

Paul
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No, I'm not using a HomeGroup because I need to be able to share W7-stuff with a third pc equiped with XP. I did not mention this before because for some reason I'm convinced that if I can solve this issue between two W7-pc's I'll be able to understand the problem between the XP-pc and  the W7-pc.
@LeeTutor : I read your tip, but I did all that stuff at least four times. It must be something else.
Try installing the printer as a Network printer instead of a Local printer. You can select the PC and printer in the next window that comes up.
OK,
the problem between the two windows 7 pc's is solved. I must admit that the link of LeeTutor finally did point me in the right direction. So he'll get the points.

But the XP-pc still won't install the printer, because he doesn't have the drivers. Not even after checking with Windows Update. That's really frustrating.