Shared Printer problem

[ACC]

2 pc's A & B, both XPpro SP3. A has a HP2420 printer attached via usb and
shared. Printing from A - no problem. Send print from B, nothing, job stays
in print queue with status 'printing'.

I then run services.msc on A, and restart the print spooler. Everything then
prints OK until another job is sent from B, and requires the same action.

Anyone any ideas? Please

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[R. McCarty]

Is their a "Trust Relationship" between the two computers ? Does each have
an identical username/password account setup ? If XP Professional you can
modify the ACL properties for the printer group "Everyone".

 

[ACC]

Tried that, even added 'network' to the ACL. I think it's an issue with
either the printer driver or the print spooler on A. (Might be wrong).

 

[R. McCarty]

Then check your System Event log. It's possible you have a service issue
either with Spooler or a dependency service. Best to clear the log and then
reboot and immediately check for Warnings & Errors.

Click Start, Run (type) EventVwr.Msc [Enter]