I have a laptop about five feet from the desktop here. The laptop is from work for talking to the secure network in the library. I had that software on my personal desktop, but when I removed it on Dec. 26 all Hell broke loose. Now I let the office laptop do that work and if it dies they know how to fix it at the office.

I suppose I could simply install my printer on both computers and move the cable. The printer is right now attached to my desktop computer via the parallel cable, freeing up a USB plug on the computer. But since there is a USB slot on the printer, I could run a cable to the laptop.

Wouldn't want to try to run both computers to the printer simultaneously, but then, I can only work on one computer at a time. (Don't suggest a network between the computers, even though there is a wireless router in the room. This laptop is on the work network and if I try to change it, I lock myself out. I discovered that a few days after I brought it home. It requires a trip to the office to let one of the techies reset it.)

SRS