How do you set up a printer server?

The printer is a network printer and I only have a peer to peer LAN at home. I am not technical. OKI say I cannot do it unless I have my own mail server (and I also need to setup user id and password on my PC)? What does it mean to have a mail server...

I have an older computer that I put Ubunutu 9.10 on only to find that my Lexmark x3430 printer has become a paper weight with it. Would it be possible for me to connect to this printer from a Windows 7 laptop over my network? It seems to me that for...

My new vista laptop cannot connect to the HP officeJet due to HP no longer provides that model to work with vista. How can I set up my old laptop Windows Me to be a print server so I can print to it to the HP office jet ?

I'm setting up my Lexmark wirless printer to email. To do that I need Yahoo's SMTP Server name, SMTP Port number, and if the authentication is plain, plain TLS, or NTLM. I also need a username and password if that is applicable.

I don't have the CD so I'll be pulling the install files from the web.

A.FireWire B.USB C.802.11 standard D.Wi-Fi cable.

We just got a router installed at the office we own, and after looking at the situation, and asking how a network printer works I have some more questions. Would it be possible to connect a computer to the router, set very limited permissions on the...

Hi, I want to set up a home server, so that i can share an internet connection from one pc, use it as a printer server, allow me to log into a pc and access my setting and files anywhere in the house. What would be the best operating system to use, it...