SETTING UP A WIRELESS PRINTER WITHOUT A WIRELESS ROUTER - WINDOWS 7 Install Virtual Router first "Turn any Windows 7 or Windows 2008 R2 Computer into a Wifi Hot Spot." EditByBSEditor:
Virtual Router turns any
Windows 7 or Windows 2008 R2 Computer into a Wifi Hot
SPOT using Windows 7's Wireless Hosted Network (Virtual Wifi) technology. The Wireless Network
Create/shared with
Virtual Router uses WPA2 Encryption, and there is not way to turn off that encryption. This is actually a feature of the Wireless Hosted Network API's built into Windows 7 and 2008 R2 to ensure the best security possible. You can give your "virtual" wireless network any name you want, and also set the password to anything. Just make sure the password is at least 8 characters.
http://www.brothersoft.com/virtual-router-327895.html Then install Connectify-Me Connectify is an easy to use software router for Windows 7 computers. After downloading and installing the lightweight application, Connectify utilizes your computers' built in Wi-Fi card to wirelessly share any available Internet connection: a cable modem, a cellular card, or even another Wi-Fi network. Other Wi-Fi enabled devices including laptops, smart phones, music players, and gaming systems can see and join your Connectify hotspot just like any other Wi-Fi access point and are kept safe and secure by password-protected WPA2 Encryption.
http://www.connectify.me/ Then reboot computer