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Last weekend I helped to set up run a Spring Expo showcasing many of the cool product lines we have available through our Quixtar business.

One of the services we wanted to provide to the many customers who attended the expo was the ability to place an order for the products they had just learned experienced (the hotel had a wi-fi connection of course).

But this would mean we'd have to be able to print receipts and we knew two things:

1. We would have multiple laptops from different business owners, none of which could be networked together
2. We didn't have enough room (or printers) to have one printer per laptop

Since Quixtar sends an e-mail confirmation with each order, we decided we'd just have one station with a printer. Customers who wanted a receipt on the spot would use that station.

But then I remembered having installed PrinterAnywhere at home. As the site says, this application allows you to share your printer on the Internet without a lot of fuss and muss. I already had an account, so I decided to go ahead and download it to all the laptops we were using.

My laptop, connected to my USB HP all-in-one printer, would act as the server and share the printer. The other laptops were set to use that shared printer. I used the same PrinterAnywhere account on all of the machines to make setup and security easy.

The setup worked flawlessly! I'd definitely recommend PrinterAnywhere for people who need to put together an ad-hoc network sharing printers. I can see applications for retail stores, conference registration, etc.