Cannot see shared printer on XP machine....

[Brad Pears]

I am in a real conundrum (sp?) here...

This should be real easy but for some reason - it isn't!!!!

I have an XP Pro machine (SP1) and just installed an attached shared
parallel printer (an HP LJ3330 MFP). The printer is set to shared and I am
using the PCL 6 driver.

When I log onto our Windows 2000 terminal server to add the printer so that
term server users can print to it, I select "network" printer, and you are
presented with a list of computers. I scroll down to the client XP machine
that is supposed to have the shared printer attached and double click it. No
printers show up at all! If I try the same thing from my own XP workstation,
I get the same thing - no printers show up at all...

I have tried uninstalling/reinstalling the printer, rebooting the cleint PC
and server, you name it I cannot figure out why this shared printer will not
show up to be selected as a newtwork printer. I can not address it by name
either. I even tried a completely different printer/drivers everything and
no go. I figure there must be something wrong on that actual XP machine.

I also checked all of the security settings and set wide open in case that
was the issue.

This machine belongs to our domain, and I can see it in the active directory
and I can also see the printer there!!

Has anyone ever saw this issue before?? If so, what was the fix??

Thanks,

Brad

 

[Juan]

Hey Brad.. have you done this?
My Network Places\See machines in the workgroup (or domain)\double
click on computer name\right click on the shared printer icon\select
connect.
This should autoinstall the printer on a specific computer with no further
configuration as long as the printer is properly shared in the host
computer.
Also check that the Spooler service is running in the host and client
computers.

How To Troubleshoot Network Printing Problems in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314073&Product=winxp

Resources for Troubleshooting Printing Problems in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308028&Product=winxp

Cannot Set Up a Default Network Printer for all Windows XP Users
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307016&Product=winxp


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