Printing over network

[Guest]

Okay, So this is the deal, I have a desktop dell, which is running Win2K, & a
laptop that is running Windows XP Home, SP1. On the Desktop I have installed
a Canon Multipass MP730, via usb. I have shared this printer so that my
laptop can also use it...however, when I go over to the laptop, to add a
printer, it doesn't allow me to added that printer on my laptop. It does see
the network. The only way I can use that printer is if I log into that
computer thru my laptop, then I have axcess, Can anyone help?

 

[Bruce Chambers]

It does see
the network. The only way I can use that printer is if I log into that
computer thru my laptop, then I have axcess, Can anyone help?

That's the way it's supposed to work, if I followed your convoluter
post correctly. It's necessary to authenticate (login) yourself in
order to verify that your user account has permission to access the
shared printer.

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[John7]

That is, login name and password must be identical on both computers.

John7

 

[Mark-Allen Perry]

Well, it helps if they're the same on both machine, since Windows will try a pass-through type authentication.

But if you have different usernames and/or passwords, you can do this during logon:

NET USE \\servername\ipc$ {password} /user:domain|machinename\username

(type NET USE /? on command line)

If you don't want to enter the password in a script, then leave it out and it will be asked for.

I do this since I don't need disk mappings, just a printer connection and IPC will do this.

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That is, login name and password must be identical on both computers.

John7