Networking with my iMac?

My daughter just bought a new MacBook and when we were at the store buying it, the salesman tried to get us to buy their services of coming to our home and setting up her MacBook to network with my iMac. He said she could print things wirelessly that would run through my computer to the printer. How would I set this up myself? I didn't want to pay the additional $200 for something I could probably do myself.
TIA,
Sue
Info about her MacBook: Mac OS X 10.5.4 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

Connect both machines to a router, hub, or switch, and then follow the instructions in this article.
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