Trying to share a win 7 connected printer with an XP laptop

[Denvers Dawgs]

Ok so I'm trying to connect a XP laptop to a printer connected to a win 7 pc. I have been unable to share the printer with the xp laptop. I have been able to share all the shared docs folders form the win 7 wiith the xp, but am having the hardest time sharing a printer. On the win7 pc I have gone to printers and devices and chose the printer I want to share. I then go to advanced and try to add additional x86 drivers but can't find the drivers when it ask me to browse for them. I put the printer install disc in the win 7 pc but can't find the right file it is looking for? Anyone been successful with sharing a printer between a win 7 desktop and a XP laptop?

[p_l]

Assuming you've renamed the network to be the same on both computers (e.g., MSHOME or WORKGROUP), and your 32-bit or 64-bit printer drivers, as the case may be, are up to date, have you tried this, which worked for me for getting a printer attached to an XP machine to print from a networked Vista machine when nothing else worked?

1. Go into Control Panel
2. Underneath the Hardware and Sound category, click on Printer
3. Click on Add a printer from the top menu
4. Click on Add a Local Printer
5. Choose Create a New Port with type of port remaining Local Port, then click Next
6. In the Port Name box type the path to the printer you wish to connect to and Click Ok
   
   Ex. \\mycomputer\myprinter
   
   If the computer you wish to connect to is named Bob and the printer is called HP then the path would be \\Bob\HP
7. In the Install Printer Driver screen, from the list or choose Have Disk and find the location of the printer drivers on the computer then click Next and then click Finish.
8. You should now see the printer in the Printers window.
9. Right-click on the printer and click Properties
10. On the General tab, click Print Test Page to test the printer.

You should now be able to printer from Windows Vista to this networked printer with any problems.