Shared Printer Driver

[Guest]

I have Brother MFC-9700 printer connected w/parallel to HP desktop. It is
labelled a "shared" printer. When I try to add the printer for a "trusted"
computer on the wireless network via the control panel "add a printer"
routine, I find the printer without difficulty. When it tries to load the
driver, however, it claims that it can't find it on the MFC
installation/system dsk. Is there a trick to this step?

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

What operating systems are we talking about here... and are both (or all)
PCs on the network using the same O/S?

 

[Guest]

Both PCs are using Windows XP.

What operating systems are we talking about here... and are both (or all)
PCs on the network using the same O/S?

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

Did you follow:
http://www.coribright.com/windows/Article_Five.htm

 

[Guest]

Yes, I did. WRT to your notation that the name of the printer could only
have 12 non-blank characters I changed the name on the computer where it is
attached to BrotherMFC. I proceeded to go to the networked computer and use
the add a printer routine. It found the printer using the prechanged name
but said it couldn't connect. When I changed the name to the new BrotherMFC,
it found it and warned me that I was loading a drive that might have viruses,
etc. When I said proceed, it said that the "server computer" did not have
the driver but allowed me to browse for a file with the driver. I loaded the
Brother CD which provided the driver for the computer on which it is
installed in my CD drive but the "Add a printer" routine said that the disk
did not contain any information about my printer hardware.

 

[Alan Morris [MSFT]]

Be sure to drill down into the directories on the CD.

no machine is running XP x64 is my assumption.

--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

 

[Guest]

I'm not sure what you mean by "no machine is running XP x64 is my
assumption." Both PCs are using Windows XP.

What should I look for in drilling down into the directories? the "Add a
Printer" seems to be looking for an *.INF file but doesn't like the only one
that I found.

Be sure to drill down into the directories on the CD.

no machine is running XP x64 is my assumption.

--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Yes, I did. WRT to your notation that the name of the printer could only
have 12 non-blank characters I changed the name on the computer where it
is
attached to BrotherMFC. I proceeded to go to the networked computer and
use
the add a printer routine. It found the printer using the prechanged name
but said it couldn't connect. When I changed the name to the new
BrotherMFC,
it found it and warned me that I was loading a drive that might have
viruses,
etc. When I said proceed, it said that the "server computer" did not have
the driver but allowed me to browse for a file with the driver. I loaded
the
Brother CD which provided the driver for the computer on which it is
installed in my CD drive but the "Add a printer" routine said that the
disk
did not contain any information about my printer hardware.

 

[Alan Morris [MSFT]]

I just wanted to make sure you did not have 64bit XP.

The name of the driver in the inf on the CD has to match the name of the
driver shared on the XP machine.


--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

I'm not sure what you mean by "no machine is running XP x64 is my
assumption." Both PCs are using Windows XP.

What should I look for in drilling down into the directories? the "Add a
Printer" seems to be looking for an *.INF file but doesn't like the only
one
that I found.

Be sure to drill down into the directories on the CD.

no machine is running XP x64 is my assumption.

--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.

Yes, I did. WRT to your notation that the name of the printer could
only
have 12 non-blank characters I changed the name on the computer where
it
is
attached to BrotherMFC. I proceeded to go to the networked computer
and
use
the add a printer routine. It found the printer using the prechanged
name
but said it couldn't connect. When I changed the name to the new
BrotherMFC,
it found it and warned me that I was loading a drive that might have
viruses,
etc. When I said proceed, it said that the "server computer" did not
have
the driver but allowed me to browse for a file with the driver. I
loaded
the
Brother CD which provided the driver for the computer on which it is
installed in my CD drive but the "Add a printer" routine said that the
disk
did not contain any information about my printer hardware.

:

Did you follow:
http://www.coribright.com/windows/Article_Five.htm
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
http://www.coribright.com/windows

Both PCs are using Windows XP.

:

What operating systems are we talking about here... and are both
(or
all)
PCs on the network using the same O/S?
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
http://www.coribright.com/windows

I have Brother MFC-9700 printer connected w/parallel to HP
desktop.
It
is
labelled a "shared" printer. When I try to add the printer for a
"trusted"
computer on the wireless network via the control panel "add a
printer"
routine, I find the printer without difficulty. When it tries to
load
the
driver, however, it claims that it can't find it on the MFC
installation/system dsk. Is there a trick to this step?