Help setting up HP6500A for home network

I bought a 6500A all in one with wireless capability to support three computers at my home. I have a desktop running Windows XP, a laptop running XP and a laptop running windows 7. My ISP is Verizon FIOS. I set up the 6500 with a wired connection to the desktop and that works fine. I sent a test print from the laptop running windows 7 and that worked fine. When I tried to see the printer from the laptop running XP, I can't see it. I have loaded the latest drivers from the HP website and there are no firewall issues preventing the laptop from seeing the printer.
Any suggestions on what to try next? Upgrading to Windows 7 on this laptop is not an option.

There is a better way to set up this printer. You are trying to share one PC's USB connection which is difficult, buggy and will only share the printing function, not scanning or faxing.
Let's connect your printer to your FIOS router (disconnect from the desktop):
- Unplug the FIOS line from the router
- Turn the power off on the router, wait 30 seconds, then turn the power back on.
- On the front of the printer: Setup > Network > WIreless Setup Wizard - follow the directions
- Now find the IP address of the printer (it should be listed in the Network menu of the printer or on the Wireless Network Test in the Network menu)
- Type the printer's IP into the address bar of an web browser.
- On that screen you will find a Networking Tab, then on the left Wireless, then the IPv4 Tab.
- On this screen you want to set a Manual IP. You need to set an IP address outside the range that the router automatically sets (called the DHCP range). If you know what that is, set an IP outside that range but no higher than 254 (the last number in the address). If you do not know, use the current IP address.
- Use 255.255.255.0 for the subnet (unless you know it is different, if so, use that)
- Enter the same IP as the printer except '.1' for the last number, in the gateway and first DNS. Leave the second DNS blank.
- Plug in the FIOS line, reboot the router.
- Now on each PC, go to Start > All Programs > Hewlett-Packard and run "Add a Device". Add the printer as a Network device. Delete the old USB instance of the printer in Control Panel > Printers.
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