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If your printer has Ethernet (cheap ones don't), also plug it into the switch.
If it doesn't, try plugging it via USB into the router. Your router may have some config which e.g. adds a proper print queue.
Failing that, via USB into the desktop. Other machines should be able to see the printer and may even be able to wake the desktop. May need some fiddling with BIOS/USB settings.
There is probably a cheap USB-Ethernet adaptor for this too.
chez_jay
I have one ethernet cable traipsing from my router to my desk (obvs this needs tidying because). My printer is a twat and connecting to the fucking wifi is painful.
What splitter do I need to turn this one cable into multiple (maybe 4?) that I can plug my laptop and my printer into.