printer sharing from vista pc to win 98 pc --win 98 won't see shrd

[Guest]

Hi,
I have 4 pc's: 2 win 98's, 1 winXP, and a new win Vista.
One of the 98 computers had the printer (hp deskjet series 5550).
I took the printer off the pentium II win 98 box and installed the printer
directly connected to the new Vista box. That went well. (enough). I added
the printer as a network printer to the win XP machine, and printed a test
page. Wow, that went well!
I tried to "add printer" on the pentium 4 win 98 box. :.-< "Browse for
network printer" will not find a printer in the Vista box. I can't guess a
path for the printer that works in 98.
XP=share printer ok, 98=what shared printer, printer works locally in Vista.
How do I use Vista printer from Win 98 computer?

 

[Guest]

HI bubbator,
have you updated xp for the vista network support? xp wont recognize
vista networks without the update. odd that you have to update xp. I did
this and all network problems were resolved. I network 2 printers on 4 comps
2 xp and 2 vista.
search the posts for the xp update, i cant remember the exact name of it.
Hope this helps.

 

[Guest]

thanks!
b

HI bubbator,
have you updated xp for the vista network support? xp wont recognize
vista networks without the update. odd that you have to update xp. I did
this and all network problems were resolved. I network 2 printers on 4 comps
2 xp and 2 vista.
search the posts for the xp update, i cant remember the exact name of it.
Hope this helps.