print from w98 through printer hosted by XP

[benigno]

in a home wireless group my HP XP desktop hosts a
HPpsc500 printer. My XP tablet can use the printer ok. My
son's w98 and my wife's w2000 (both laptops) can see both
the desktop and the shared printer in Network
Neighborhoodc, but I cannot finish the 98 or the 2000
wizard to install the printer as a network printer in
either. Wizard gets stuck looking for driver.

Thanks

 

[Robert L [MS-MVP]]

try to setup it manually and don't use the wizard.

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[Knoj]

in a home wireless group my HP XP desktop hosts a
HPpsc500 printer. My XP tablet can use the printer ok. My
son's w98 and my wife's w2000 (both laptops) can see both
the desktop and the shared printer in Network
Neighborhoodc, but I cannot finish the 98 or the 2000
wizard to install the printer as a network printer in
either. Wizard gets stuck looking for driver.

Thanks

Did you install the 98 and 2000 drivers for the printer your using on
the XP machine you are having issues with? The XP machine with the
printer directly connected to it needs the drivers for 2000 and 98
installed on that machine as well as the xp drivers. Right click on the
printer and on the sharing tab there is a selection for adding
additional drivers for operating systems other then XP. Now you should
be able to complete the wizard on the other machines.

Give that a try and let us know the results.