Printer Password?

[Guest]

I have for many months had my windows xp machine sharing a printer that's
connected to it.

I use this printer through the network on many macs and pcs.

I have recently had to re start my computer (format the drive and reinstall
windows) when sharing the printer, it asks me for a username and password.

All of the macs that are running on the network can see the computer that's
got the printer attached to it (THEBLUEBEAST)

But when doubleclicking on it (normally this then shows all the printers
connected to the computer, pc or mac!)

It tells me that it couldn't connect to the computer using my current user
name and password. And it asks me to provide it with another Username and
Password to connect to the printer AS.
What is this username and password?

I have tried a combination of every password and username that's on the XP
machine, but to no avail. Is there a standard Printer access password, eg.
PRINTERADMIN etc?

I've never had this message appearing before, just recently. I cannot
perform any network printing till this has been resolved and is becoming a
pain.

We print around 50 pages a day, with about six users on the network, it's a
pain for me to mount their drives, browse for the file and then print it
locally from the XP machine.

Hope you can help

TIA

DAN

 

[Earl F. Parrish]

I have for many months had my windows xp machine sharing a printer that's
connected to it.

I use this printer through the network on many macs and pcs.

I have recently had to re start my computer (format the drive and
reinstall
windows) when sharing the printer, it asks me for a username and password.

All of the macs that are running on the network can see the computer
that's
got the printer attached to it (THEBLUEBEAST)

But when doubleclicking on it (normally this then shows all the printers
connected to the computer, pc or mac!)

It tells me that it couldn't connect to the computer using my current user
name and password. And it asks me to provide it with another Username and
Password to connect to the printer AS.
What is this username and password?

I have tried a combination of every password and username that's on the XP
machine, but to no avail. Is there a standard Printer access password, eg.
PRINTERADMIN etc?

I've never had this message appearing before, just recently. I cannot
perform any network printing till this has been resolved and is becoming a
pain.

We print around 50 pages a day, with about six users on the network, it's
a
pain for me to mount their drives, browse for the file and then print it
locally from the XP machine.

Hope you can help

TIA

DAN

You would turn on simple file sharing on the computer in question. Bring up
a command prompt by typing "cmd" from the Start/Run box. Type "net user
guest password" at the command prompt. Replace "password" with the password
of your choice. Anytime you forget the guest password, assign a new
password as above.

 

[Guest]

Thankyou!


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Dan Walters

You would turn on simple file sharing on the computer in question. Bring up
a command prompt by typing "cmd" from the Start/Run box. Type "net user
guest password" at the command prompt. Replace "password" with the password
of your choice. Anytime you forget the guest password, assign a new
password as above.