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Sharing Brother HL-l5000D

12-03-2026 04:07PM

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ValerieM

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Im looking to share my Brother HL-L5000D between two computers. It is not network printer

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#2 12-03-2026 04:33PM

RobertFoster

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You can share printers if both computers are networked: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/share-a-printer-as-a-network-printer-c9a152b5-59f3-b6f3-c99f-f39e5bf664c3
Alternatively some routers have print servers. If yours does you should be able to connect the printer to that via USB and have it available to the computers that way.
Stand-alone print servers are available too if your router doesn't have one built in, effectively turning it into a network printer.

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