Windows 10: cannot share printer on home network

used to use "home group" to share printer, worked fine. Aware that it is no longer an optionhave a win10 pc connected to router via ethernet with a usb printer connected to it. would like to share the printer to a second Win10 pc connected via ethernet on our home network entered appropriate path..... \\ Kathy-DT-2021\Brother MFC-L2700DW seriesnever works, gives error msg, "can't connect". pls help.

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sharing a printer on network

Hi Greg,

Apologies for not being more efficient but there were too many things for me to manage.

I went through the process you suggested with the printer but it didn't seem to make any difference.

I know very little about these machines but it seems to me that

my Prime computer might not be connected to the Network as it should be, if that is possible.

When I open the Network icon, on the left side of File Explorer, I see the computer listed as a Media Device but not under the Network heading. But the Secondary computer is listed under Network. Also the printer appears in the Printers & Scanners list on the Prime computer but not on the Secondary one.

(The sharing settings are set up on both the Primary and Secondary computers.)

Thanks very much for any assistance and advice

Ed

 

Printer Sharing Issue

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I understand that you want the printer to be shared on the network. I’ll certainly help you with the issue.



However, please let us know:

• What is the make and model of the printer?
  

To share the printer on the network, I would suggest you to refer the article on

Share your network printer and see if that helps.



Let us know the results.



Regards,

Nikhar Khare

Microsoft Community - Moderator

 

Home Network and shared printer access problems

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



We understand your concern, as you are having issue with accessing the files and printer within the network and in order to get clarity and to assist you accordingly, please reply with the answers to the questions below.

• What is the error message you get, while accessing the file or the Printer using Windows 7 PC?
  
• Are you aware of any recent changes on the PC, prior to this issue?
  

Meanwhile, we would suggest you to perform all the steps in all the PC that are connected in the network as suggested by Roohi Taj on January 8th, 2019
in this
post.



As an additional information please refer the below articles:

File sharing over a network in Windows 10

Share files in File Explorer



We await your response.



Aditya Roy

Microsoft Community – Moderator