Inability to connect laptop to printer connected to new desktop windows 7-64bit

We cannot connect our officejet 5500 to our laptop since buying a new desktop computer now running Windows 7-64 bit. Although the laptop runs on Windows 7, it previously was able to access the printer. Since upgrading the computer we seem not to be able to connect. Our systems are wireless though the printer plugs directly into the computer. I did do the search for drivers and seems the 5500 office jet has the correct driver. Now what??
Thanks!

The most important part at this point, since they both use Windows 7, is to ensure they are in the same homegroup.
Go to the start menu and search for Network and Sharing Center. Do this on both computers. Open the sharing center and then go to Choose Homegroup and Sharing Options. Do the computers indicate they are part of the same homegroup?
Let me know what happens when you go to the Homegroup options on each screen. It really seems as this is where the core of the issue is as the steps provided have worked with similar scenarios.
The homegroup requirement of Windows 7 can be disabled, but then sharing the computers with each other gets a little more complex as you would be prompted for a username and password each time you tried to access the computer on the network.
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