Adding a Network Printer

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I don't mean to be critical, but I don't understand this. I am now testing
Vista RC1 Build 5728. As I have reported in the past, and have seen in
several posts you cannot add a network printer.
Why is this an issue and what is the resolution? Why hasn't someone
responded to this MAJOR problem?
 
Since I have added a network printer, I don't understand your question. Is
it one certain printer you can't add?

My HP 4500 set up on a print server, seems to work fine. I have to make
some manual changes when I add it, but it works.

Clark
 
I have a network at home and a Brother Laser Printer shared from my wife's
computer. I have no problem seeing or using that printer over the network.

William
 
Agreed, all my network printers installed and print just fine.



William said:
I have a network at home and a Brother Laser Printer shared from my wife's
computer. I have no problem seeing or using that printer over the network.

William
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I'm having the same problem. My wireless laptop sees the legacy computer and
printer under 'Network and Sharing Center' but when I go to add it, it isn't
found. I'm using build 5600 on both computers.
 
I have a Windows 2003 Small Business Server, with an HP Laserjet 1022 shared
on it. When I go into the initial search, no printers are found. I can then
select "The printer I want isn't listed". I can then find the printer by
browsing my AD or shared printers. The system starts to connect to the
printer, then I get an error "Windows Cannot Connect to the Printer.
Operation could not be completed." Then the spooler subsystem crashes. This
happend on RC1 and build 5728.
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Thanks
Charles


Randy H said:
Agreed, all my network printers installed and print just fine.
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OK, just for you Charles;), I went and set up an HP 820 on my wireless
laptop running XP. I shared it, of course, and when I used Vista 5728 to
Add a Network printer, the search found it without help. I clicked next and
the drivers were added and a test page printed.

If you can't see the printer during a scan, maybe there is something about
your setup that is keeping Vista from communicating. Maybe some type of
security setup or something in the 2003 server.

The way I have to install my printserver is to use it's IP address and the
Port number. After I enter those manually, I have to set use "RAW" and
Queue set to "LPT1" on that page.

Hope this helps,
Clark

Charles said:
I have a Windows 2003 Small Business Server, with an HP Laserjet 1022
shared
on it. When I go into the initial search, no printers are found. I can
then
select "The printer I want isn't listed". I can then find the printer by
browsing my AD or shared printers. The system starts to connect to the
printer, then I get an error "Windows Cannot Connect to the Printer.
Operation could not be completed." Then the spooler subsystem crashes.
This
happend on RC1 and build 5728.
--
Thanks
Charles


Randy H said:
Agreed, all my network printers installed and print just fine.
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When I try to add a printer hanging off an XP box in my workgroup, Vista
sees it but says "Windows cannot connect to the printer. Access denied."
Using same acct name/pw on both boxes...

Lang

Clark said:
OK, just for you Charles;), I went and set up an HP 820 on my wireless
laptop running XP. I shared it, of course, and when I used Vista 5728 to
Add a Network printer, the search found it without help. I clicked next
and the drivers were added and a test page printed.

If you can't see the printer during a scan, maybe there is something about
your setup that is keeping Vista from communicating. Maybe some type of
security setup or something in the 2003 server.

The way I have to install my printserver is to use it's IP address and the
Port number. After I enter those manually, I have to set use "RAW" and
Queue set to "LPT1" on that page.

Hope this helps,
Clark

Charles said:
I have a Windows 2003 Small Business Server, with an HP Laserjet 1022
shared
on it. When I go into the initial search, no printers are found. I can
then
select "The printer I want isn't listed". I can then find the printer by
browsing my AD or shared printers. The system starts to connect to the
printer, then I get an error "Windows Cannot Connect to the Printer.
Operation could not be completed." Then the spooler subsystem crashes.
This
happend on RC1 and build 5728.
Click to expand...
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I have RC1 and have been trying to install a network printer and just get
"Windows Cannot Connect to the Printer. Operation could not be completed."
However I just got it working!!
I intalled it as a local printer. Then when asked to chose the printer port
I selected 'use an existing report' and one of the ports was the the path to
my network printer ie '\\front office\hp office (client side rendering
provider)'. I selected that and we're in business. Now I dont know (or
care!) how that how that port/path got there - whether it was from previous
XP install or if it came about by my previous attempts to add a netwrok
printer - but it is there and it works!
 
Congratulations. I wish I could get mine installed like that. :(

In my case the network printer is attached to an old NT4 box. Vista
(RC2/5744) is telling me that some "policy" is not allowing me to
attach to the printer.

Some one e-mailed me a note saying that I should install it as a local
printer like you've apparently done, but I can't figure out how to do
that.

If anyone out there can shed some light on this, it would be greatly
appreciated.
 
Thank You, Thank You. I have worked with this problem for a week or at least
20 hours and your post got my network printer going. Why Microsoft did not
address this problem is a mystery to me because I have seen this problem in
several posts. I even emailed Microsoft on numerous occasions. They take this
program away from us in six months and charge us for the final release when
we busted our a** to work out the bugs for them. Go figure.
BarryL
 
Just got a new laptop with Vista Ultimate and had to work at it. I even
joined my current domain with server 2003 and several other XP Pro systems.
so far good until needed to add a shared printer on a XP system. I cannot get
as far as you did. I am getting Windows Explorer to be restarted or wizard
cannot be launched since access is denied. Anyone experienced this one?
 
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