Limited access for printer sharing

I am currently sharing access to my printer so that my roommate can print from it without having to get up and plug it in to the usb port each time, and have been successful in trying to do so with one problem: I live in a dorm and therefore another hundred students are also able to see the shared printer and print to it.
Is there a way to limit the printer sharing to specific IP addresses or something similar to that?
Thanks!

In Print & Fax > sharing prefs, you should be able to restrict by username. Does that work?

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