VISTA HOME NOT SEEING NETWORK PRINTERS

[ChrisA]

I just bought a laptop with vista home on it. I am having a odd printer
problem.

I have 2 networked printers: a Brother MFC-240CN printer and a HP Laserjet
5m. If the printers are turned on before the computer, then Vista see the
printers and show thier status as online.

However if the printer I wish to print to is turned on AFTER Visa loads,
then the printer status shows as OFFLINE and I cannot figgure out how to make
Vista see that the printer is now actually ONLINE.

I am not expieriencing this issue on my XP, Linux, or HP-UX computers so it
is not a network issue.

 

[Howard Kaikow]

I just bought a laptop with vista home on it. I am having a odd printer
problem.

I have 2 networked printers: a Brother MFC-240CN printer and a HP Laserjet
5m. If the printers are turned on before the computer, then Vista see the
printers and show thier status as online.

However if the printer I wish to print to is turned on AFTER Visa loads,
then the printer status shows as OFFLINE and I cannot figgure out how to make
Vista see that the printer is now actually ONLINE.

I am not expieriencing this issue on my XP, Linux, or HP-UX computers so it
is not a network issue.

In Vista, do a Refresh of the Network.

 

[f/fgeorge]

I just bought a laptop with vista home on it. I am having a odd printer
problem.

I have 2 networked printers: a Brother MFC-240CN printer and a HP Laserjet
5m. If the printers are turned on before the computer, then Vista see the
printers and show thier status as online.

However if the printer I wish to print to is turned on AFTER Visa loads,
then the printer status shows as OFFLINE and I cannot figgure out how to make
Vista see that the printer is now actually ONLINE.

I am not expieriencing this issue on my XP, Linux, or HP-UX computers so it
is not a network issue.

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."
Hope it helps.

 

[Howard Kaikow]

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."
Hope it helps.

Is EpsonSty the local printre name on basement, or is it the shared name?

 

[f/fgeorge]

Is EpsonSty the local printre name on basement, or is it the shared name?

the local printer name, insert your names as appropriate. You CANNOT
use spaces in the naming convention if you want it to work this way.

 

[Howard Kaikow]

the local printer name, insert your names as appropriate. You CANNOT
use spaces in the naming convention if you want it to work this way.

Thanx, I'll rename without spaces.

 

[Howard Kaikow]

the local printer name, insert your names as appropriate. You CANNOT
use spaces in the naming convention if you want it to work this way.

I had to use the share name.