Printer sharing-another issue

[vea]

I thouhgt I'd finally found the answer to my issues and was carefully
following your steps. I got as far as "manually add a new Local Port with:

\\computer_name\shared_printer_name" at which time I got an error message that says The network name cannot be found." Prior to pursuing your suggestion, the error message I was getting was "Windows cannot connect to the printer. Operation could not be completed (error 0x0000000d)."

Any ideas??

Thanks in advance.

VEA

 

[Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)]

What's the real shared printer name? If the shared printer name has space
between these three words, you need to add quotation for example \\computer
name\shared printer name".

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[vea]

The printer name is Dell AIO Printer A940, so a good thought, but the
quotation marks didn't impact the outcome. Sigh...

 

[vea]

Hmmm...it's been a while since I looked at this (the last post I got on this
was November 25th, so it's been a while since I set it up and the details are
a bit foggy, but I believe so. I used the wizard on my desktop to set it
up. It would be great to resolve this. Thanks.

 

[Chuck [MVP]]

Hmmm...it's been a while since I looked at this (the last post I got on this
was November 25th, so it's been a while since I set it up and the details are
a bit foggy, but I believe so. I used the wizard on my desktop to set it
up. It would be great to resolve this. Thanks.

In the posts above, you say that you're getting " ...The network name cannot be
found." That error is generally a personal firewall problem, on either the
server (the computer with the printer) or the client (where you are).
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/07/advanced-windows-networking-using.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/07/advanced-windows-networking-using.html

You might also review my version of the instructions above, which I think is
more tightly written.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/06/network-printing-from-windows-vista.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/06/network-printing-from-windows-vista.html

And my instructions on networking a computer running Vista, in general, might be
relevant too.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/12/windows-xp-and-vista-on-lan-together.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/12/windows-xp-and-vista-on-lan-together.html

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[seemefly06]

Absolutely Stunned!

I can't believe this worked! My family bought me an HP laptop with Windows
Vista for Mothers Day and I couldn't get it to network with my Brother MFC
420CN Printer (connected to my host/desktop computer running Windows XP).
After getting totally fed up I logged onto this discussion and there it
was... Your fix or workaround...whatever you'd like to call it worked the
first time and hasn't stopped working since. God put you in my path at just
the right time If you were standing nearby when it all came together I
would have given you a big hug...you rock! Thank you for taking the time to
enlighten so many...Deb

 

[Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)]

Thank you for the feedback.

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Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
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