You have to have some sort of print server. If the printer doesn't have one built into it, then you have to either buy one of the dedicated ones or dedicate a computer to being your print server.
Since your printer has a network card in it that allows you to directly connect it to the router I am going to assume it supports being a network printer. This should be a safe assumption.
Now what you need to do is setup the router to always give the printer the same IP (a static IP). Most routers will hand out dynamic IPs using DHCP, but you don't want that for your printer.
Next go into your computer and add a printer. Select "Local printer attached to this computer", even though that seems wrong. Next screen select, "Create a new port" and "Standard TCP/IP Port". In the wizard put in the IP address of the printer. Then continue to setup the printer as you normally would, using the newly created local port.
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or if you want to configure it from the Vista machine: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727037.aspx
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I am trying to avoid actually setting up one computer as the "host" computer.
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Now what you need to do is setup the router to always give the printer the same IP (a static IP). Most routers will hand out dynamic IPs using DHCP, but you don't want that for your printer.
Next go into your computer and add a printer. Select "Local printer attached to this computer", even though that seems wrong. Next screen select, "Create a new port" and "Standard TCP/IP Port". In the wizard put in the IP address of the printer. Then continue to setup the printer as you normally would, using the newly created local port.
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