In most households, there is either one computer with a printer connected to it, or nearly every computer has a printer connected to it. Neither solution is economical, and the first solution is problematic if someone else is using the computer at the time. Printers that have built in networking capability are expensive, as are “print servers” which allow the use of USB and parallel type printers to become networked printers. Luckily there is an easy and cheap way to deal with this conundrum.

How to Make a Windows Computer a Print Server  3 Steps  - 48