Three printers, only one can be seen over network.

[Stan Hilliard]

I have a PC with Win98SE connected to three printers -- all of which
work.

However, my networked PC running Win XP Pro can only see and print to
one of them (a HP 820Cse on LPT2). It's printer dialog listbox does
not show the other two printers.

1) Brother Laser MFC 9600 on LPT1.
2) HP LaserJet 1012 on USB.

How might I make all the printers accessible from the networked
computer?

Stan Hilliard

 

[Stan Hilliard]

I have a PC with Win98SE connected to three printers -- all of which
work.

However, my networked PC running Win XP Pro can only see and print to
one of them (a HP 820Cse on LPT2). It's printer dialog listbox does
not show the other two printers.

1) Brother Laser MFC 9600 on LPT1.

Device manager also lists a Brother MFL PRO Port driver (COM5)

 

[Stan Hilliard]

Device manager also lists a Brother MFL PRO Port driver (COM5)

Are there any clues here? In printer properties, the HP LaserJet 1012
is
[Name] "hp Laserjet 1010 Series Driver"
Properties:
[General Tab] Comment: "hp Laserjet 1010 USB"

[Details Tab] Print to following port: "DOT4_001 (hp laserjet 1012
printer)"
[Details Tab] Driver: "hp LaserJet 1012"

[Sharing Tab] Share Name: "HP1012"
[Sharing Tab] Comment: "HP Laser Printer USB"

Device manager has three USB entries related to this printer
Dot4 HPZ12
hp laserjet 1012 (DOT4)
Dot4Print HPZ12
hp laserjet 1012 (DOT4PRT)
Dot4Usb HPZ12
hp laserjet 1012

 

[Richard G. Harper]

Not all printers can be shared on a network, especially inexpensive printers
that use "host-based" printing (probably the LaserJet 1012) or "all in one"
type printers (the Brother MFC). Check the documentation and/or the support
web sites of the manufacturers for clues.

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[Stan Hilliard]

Not all printers can be shared on a network, especially inexpensive printers
that use "host-based" printing (probably the LaserJet 1012) or "all in one"
type printers (the Brother MFC). Check the documentation and/or the support
web sites of the manufacturers for clues.

I determined that Brother sells a network card for the MFC9600 so I
assume that printer will not network without it.

I did a test with a third (laptop) computer, running with Win XP home
and connected to the other two computers by a wireless Netgear MR814
router. The laptop can print to both the HP 820Cse on LPT2 and the HP
LaserJet 1012 on USB.

The laptop's print dialog took about 5 minutes to switch to the
appropriate printer. The printing itself was fast once the right
printer was selected. This may indicate another issue in setting up
the laptop.

I infer from this that other networked computer (running Win XP Pro)
would be able to print to the HP LaserJet 1012 under the right
condition.
Stan Hilliard