Connecting Laptop to Printer Problem

Have been trying to connect my laptop through the router to the printer that is connected to my PC via a USB cable. Have set up the printer properties on the PC to share the printer. Have been unable to set up a connection from my laptop to the printer. Have downloaded the printer drivers onto the laptop. Help would be more than grateful. Not sure where I am going wrong, have read various posts on the web but not helping me.
The PC's O/S is Vista 32 but and Laptop is Windows 7 64 bit.

andy203 wrote:
No I do not see the PC on the laptop when I open the network page, do I need to set up a new network and if so how do I go about it?
Andy,
Take a look at
Win7
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/start-here-to-set-up-a-home-network-in-windows-7#section...
Vista
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Setting-up-a-home-network#section_5
Al
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