I cannot network my mac book with my imac although i am on same internet

Can Anyone help with networking . My macbook is using internet on same network as imac but cannot read it on imac or cannot use network printer

I assume they are sharing the same router ?
On both of them open System Preferences/Sharing and check File Sharing
In the top part of the window note the name of each machine - mine for example is michaels-macbookpro.local
Under 'Share folders' click the + sign and add at least one folder you wish to share (default is yournames Public Folder)
Close the Sharing panel.
Go back to the Desktop and on the top menu bar select Go/Connect to Server and in the window that opens enter:
afp://yournames-macbookpro.local   or  afp://yournames-imac.local then hit Connect
Or, hit the Browse button and it will show you the machines on your network that are available.

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