"there is not enough memory to complete" with shared printer

[Trapulo]

I'm trying to install a printer on Vista Ultimate RTM. The printer (a
samsung SCX-4100) is shared by a windows 2003 server.
When I try to install, I get the error:
"windows cannot connect to the printer. There is not enough memory to
complete"

I've tried to manually install the driver, or install the printer as local
printer, and all is ok. But I need to connecto to the remote printer, and I
cannot. Sure the problem is in Vista, because from other PCs with XP all
works.

What can I do?

thanks

 

[Bruce Sanderson]

See if the "More Information" section of
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=280830 helps.

 

[Bruce Sanderson]

See http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/NetPrinterNoPP.htm for a possible
workaround.

Since you have already installed the printer locally, a variation of this
workaround is:
1. click Start, Printers
2. click File, Run as Administrator, Server Properties (click Continue or
provide administrative credentials)
3. select the Ports tab
4. click Add Port
5. select Local Port; click New Port
6. in the "Port Name" box, key the UNC name of the Samsung SCX-4100 printer
as defined on the Windows 2003 server - e.g.
\\printservername\printersharename; click OK; click Close; click Close
(close the Print Server Properties window)
7. in the Printers window, right click on the Samsung printer you installed
locally and select Properties
8. select the Ports tab
9. click on the Port you just added (e.g.
\\printservername\printersharename) to add a check mark. The check mark
that was in LPT1 (or whatever port was previously selected) will be
automatically removed.
10. click OK

 

[Trapulo]

Great!

This worked!

Thank you!!

See http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/NetPrinterNoPP.htm for a possible
workaround.

Since you have already installed the printer locally, a variation of this
workaround is:
1. click Start, Printers
2. click File, Run as Administrator, Server Properties (click Continue or
provide administrative credentials)
3. select the Ports tab
4. click Add Port
5. select Local Port; click New Port
6. in the "Port Name" box, key the UNC name of the Samsung SCX-4100
printer as defined on the Windows 2003 server - e.g.
\\printservername\printersharename; click OK; click Close; click Close
(close the Print Server Properties window)
7. in the Printers window, right click on the Samsung printer you
installed locally and select Properties
8. select the Ports tab
9. click on the Port you just added (e.g.
\\printservername\printersharename) to add a check mark. The check mark
that was in LPT1 (or whatever port was previously selected) will be
automatically removed.
10. click OK


--
Bruce Sanderson MVP Printing
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders

It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question.

 

[Guest]

The solution is to install the Vista drivers for your printer on the Vista
machine and then connect to the printer.

You may have to acutally install the printer on the vista machine and then
remove it and connect via the network.