Please help networking printer

[Guest]

I have a desktop with XP home with printer connected and laptop with XP
professional and I have found it impossible to get laptop to print. I have
used every instruction I could find to get this to work with no results. I
have ran the network wizard on both computer set up the printer for sharing
but still nothing. The laptop is running wireless through a Netgear wireless
router. Tried this article listed by microsoft.To connect to the printer

• I opened Control Panel, and clicked Printers and Other Hardware.

• I clicked Add a Printer.

• Instead of adding a local printer, though, I clicked Printer Connection
and then browsed the network for the printer.


The whole process took less than a minute before I was printing to the
network printer as though it was connected to the computer.

still didn't work because I couldn't even get through the above step because
couldn't pull up no printer connection and when broseing for printer the only
showed up was microsoft window network and could go no further. Please help
if possible maybe I need addtion equipment. Ran all window updates not sure
how to check for driver and which one I would need. Thanks

 

[Malke]

I have a desktop with XP home with printer connected and laptop with
XP
professional and I have found it impossible to get laptop to print. I
have
used every instruction I could find to get this to work with no
results. I have ran the network wizard on both computer set up the
printer for sharing
but still nothing. The laptop is running wireless through a Netgear
wireless
router. Tried this article listed by microsoft.To connect to the
printer

• I opened Control Panel, and clicked Printers and Other Hardware.

• I clicked Add a Printer.

• Instead of adding a local printer, though, I clicked Printer
Connection and then browsed the network for the printer.


The whole process took less than a minute before I was printing to the
network printer as though it was connected to the computer.

still didn't work because I couldn't even get through the above step
because couldn't pull up no printer connection and when broseing for
printer the only
showed up was microsoft window network and could go no further.
Please help
if possible maybe I need addtion equipment. Ran all window updates
not sure
how to check for driver and which one I would need. Thanks

What printer? Did you install the printer on each computer? Current HP
printers (for ex.) require you to use the printer install CD on each
client computer instead of using the Add Printer wizard. Did you do
that? Refer to your printer manual for instructions.

Malke

 

[Dave Patrick]

You'll want to create an account (in Users Accounts) on the WinXP machines
with the username and password that you use to logon to the other machine(s)
with. Then you'll need to share out the resource(s) with permissions for
those users. Also make sure they're all part of the same workgroup and on
the same subnet. Then you'll no longer be prompted for the IPC$ password
(Inter-process communication)

Also turn off the firewalls (at least till you get something going) and
enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP.

In a peer level workgroup, when you try to access resources on a Windows
NT/2000/XP/2003 machine, Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 needs to authenticate the
user. If the user account doesn't exist in it's local account database, then
access will be denied.

You might also look at using 'simple file sharing'

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304040/


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Regards,

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Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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:
|I have a desktop with XP home with printer connected and laptop with XP
| professional and I have found it impossible to get laptop to print. I
have
| used every instruction I could find to get this to work with no results.
I
| have ran the network wizard on both computer set up the printer for
sharing
| but still nothing. The laptop is running wireless through a Netgear
wireless
| router. Tried this article listed by microsoft.To connect to the printer
|
| . I opened Control Panel, and clicked Printers and Other Hardware.
|
| . I clicked Add a Printer.
|
| . Instead of adding a local printer, though, I clicked Printer Connection
| and then browsed the network for the printer.
|
|
| The whole process took less than a minute before I was printing to the
| network printer as though it was connected to the computer.
|
| still didn't work because I couldn't even get through the above step
because
| couldn't pull up no printer connection and when broseing for printer the
only
| showed up was microsoft window network and could go no further. Please
help
| if possible maybe I need addtion equipment. Ran all window updates not
sure
| how to check for driver and which one I would need. Thanks
|

 

[Guest]

Thanks Malke

it is a hp printer and I did originally put the CD in with no luck but I
will try it again since I deleted the cd but one question do I need to hook
the printer up to laptop when I run the cd I did this first so that I can it
right. Thanks so much

 

[Malke]

Thanks Malke

it is a hp printer and I did originally put the CD in with no luck but
I will try it again since I deleted the cd but one question do I need
to hook the printer up to laptop when I run the cd I did this first so
that I can it
right. Thanks so much

You're not making total sense here, so let's just go through how to
share your printer. I have no idea what "deleted the cd" means.

1. Make sure the file/printer sharing on the local area network is
working. Can you see both computers from both computers? Can you
transfer files back and forth? If yes, then move onto the next step. If
no, then you need to set up file/printer sharing. Rather than cut/paste
the whole thing here, I'll assume the network sharing is fine and if it
isn't, you let me know in your next post.

2. This is a locally connected printer, yes? IOW it is not a printer
that connects directly to the network by ethernet or wirelessly? If the
printer is connected locally to a computer, make sure you have shared
the printer and allowed Everyone access.

3. With the printer turned on and the computer to which it is connected
turned on, install the HP cd on the other computer - the one that will
be using the printer. I am assuming the printer is properly installed
on the desktop and prints from the desktop just fine. If it doesn't,
you need to do that.

4. If all is set up properly, after you install the HP drivers you will
either a) see it automatically in the laptop's printers applet or you
can then use the Add Printer>local>browse.

Malke

 

[Guest]

Malke, Thank you so very much I'm up and running. Printing from both
computers.
I meant I had deleted the software from the laptop when I said deleted cd
sorry this is all new to me.

 

[Malke]

Malke, Thank you so very much I'm up and running. Printing from both
computers.
I meant I had deleted the software from the laptop when I said deleted
cd sorry this is all new to me.

Excellent! I'm glad you got things sorted. Thanks for taking the time to
let me know.

Malke