No Printer Icons in Network Neighborhood

[Guest]

I have a WinXP networked to a Win 98se on a simple home ethernet. Both
computers are able to connect to the internet. I can share files between the
two computers, but I cannot share the printers connected to theWinXP machine.
I have enabled file and and printer sharing for microsoft networks in the
Local Area Connection Properties on both machines, and I have also enabled
sharing in the individual printers properties on the Win XP machine.
But no printer icons appear along with the shared file icons in Network
Neighborhood of the Win 98se machine. Consequently I have no way to add the
networked computers to the Win98se

 

[Guest]

Yipee hurray!! I solved the mystery. It appears that the share name of each
printer must meet certain parameters. I'm not sure exactly what they are, but
by removing spaces in the printer share names and making the names shorter,
my network printers miraculously appeared in Network Neighborhood.

 

[Richard G. Harper]

Shared printer names must be 12 characters or less, and should not contain
spaces or other unusual characters (punctuation, etc) or else the printers
will not be visible on Windows 98/Me clients.

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