Printer stops working when addressed from other network-PC's

[Mon.avis]

My HP-Deskjet is connected to a Vista-64 based PC which runs in a
4-PC-network; the 3 other PC's are XP. There were no problems with the
printer being addressed from one of the XP-PC's but all of sudden the printer
proves to be "off line" on all three. There is no new software installed on
neither PC or network(router).
I'm using HP-software which drives the printer-functions and it operated
perfectly for about 1 year.
Printer-sharing was and is enabled on the Vista-pc.

At discovering this week the problem, I re-installed the HP-software on one
of the HP-PC's and that seemed to solve the problem .... for one day. It
looks like the Vista-PC turns dows the remote access to the printer once it
starts up.

Could it be that a recent security update from MS Vista blocks this printer
sharing?

Help is appreciated. tx.

 

[f/fgeorge]

My HP-Deskjet is connected to a Vista-64 based PC which runs in a
4-PC-network; the 3 other PC's are XP. There were no problems with the
printer being addressed from one of the XP-PC's but all of sudden the printer
proves to be "off line" on all three. There is no new software installed on
neither PC or network(router).
I'm using HP-software which drives the printer-functions and it operated
perfectly for about 1 year.
Printer-sharing was and is enabled on the Vista-pc.

At discovering this week the problem, I re-installed the HP-software on one
of the HP-PC's and that seemed to solve the problem .... for one day. It
looks like the Vista-PC turns dows the remote access to the printer once it
starts up.

Could it be that a recent security update from MS Vista blocks this printer
sharing?

Help is appreciated. tx.

Do this on your XP machines:

Go to Control Panel. Choose printer. Then choose Add Printer.

ChooseAdd a local printer. Click on Create a new port. The default in
the
drop down box is Local Port. Do not change that. Click Next.

A dialogue box will appear asking for you to enter a port name. Type
in the
\\computer name\printer name ie. My computer's name is basement and
the
printer name is EpsonSty so I typed in \\basement\epsonsty

No it does not make sense but it does work. Hope it helps.

 

[Mon.avis]

tx for the advice, but unfortunately it didn't solve the problem. I'm getting
convinced that Vista is "blocker", because:
* re-installing HP software on the HP's get's the printer working. Tried it
again, and it lasted for one day
* if I re-start the Vista-PC, waiting behind my XP-ones, you actually see XP
trying to re-establish the off-line situation, but after a moment the message
once again pops up telling me that (in Dutch) Windows failed to bring the
printer on-line.

Any other suggestions?

 

[f/fgeorge]

tx for the advice, but unfortunately it didn't solve the problem. I'm getting
convinced that Vista is "blocker", because:
* re-installing HP software on the HP's get's the printer working. Tried it
again, and it lasted for one day
* if I re-start the Vista-PC, waiting behind my XP-ones, you actually see XP
trying to re-establish the off-line situation, but after a moment the message
once again pops up telling me that (in Dutch) Windows failed to bring the
printer on-line.

Any other suggestions?

No I don't have any more ideas. What I posted, at the bottom, worked
perfectly for me. I have 21 computers here at home and one of them is
Vista, all the rest are XP Pro. Using what I outlined they can all
print to the printer hooked up to the Vista machine with no problems,
no matter the restarting of any of the pc's.