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(…and Yes, I have tried the ‘usual’ fix of adding as local printer – with no
success – details below.)
I have read hundreds of threads on this subject, but am still stuck & would
appreciate any advice.
I have a new Canon iP4300 printer attached by USB to a desktop PC running XP
Home Edition (SP2) which has a USB wifi connexion to an Inventel DW-B-200
ADSL router & works fine.
2 other laptops on the network, running XP, can print perfectly on the
printer on the desktop PC via the wifi network.
I just bought a laptop with Vista Home Premium which works OK via wifi & the
same router and does file-sharing OK, but I am unable to print on the iP4300
via my local network.
Some details:
Desktop PC name: DESKTOP
Printer name: p4300
Printer properties: shared : sharing name CanoniP4 (don’t know why -
generated automatically?)
Laptop & desktop have same workgroup name
Both have an account ‘Michelle’ without password.
Normally I am using the account ‘Michelle’ on the laptop, but another
account on the desktop – does that matter?
All concerned accounts have “Admin†priviledges
The laptop had Norton (I just switched to Avast! but no improvement) & the
desktop has Avast.
All firewalls are off – except the one in the DW-B
Laptop can ping DESKTOP
Laptop cannot ping the printer by name, or I don’t know how (tried ‘p4300’ &
‘CanoniP4’ & ‘DESKTOP\p4300’ – maybe I should try something else or maybe you
just can’t ping to a USB printer anyway?)
Laptop can share files on DESKTOP & vice-versa OK – I assume this means the
network basics are OK?
Laptop ‘Network’ panel shows DESKTOP & double clicking on DESKTOP ikon shows
the various printers which are or have been installed on DESKTOP – p4300
appears as ‘CanoniP4’ & hovering the mouse over it shows ‘p4300’.
Right clicking on this ikon & selecting ‘connect’ leads to a box showing
‘connecting…’ then a box saying I need to install the pilot. If I agree to
install the pilot, then eventually everything freezes (I understand this is
normal with Vista/XP mix…).
Trying to add printer via Control Panel > Add Printer > Network > ‘CanoniP4
on Desktop’ gives the same result as above.
Trying via Control Panel > Add Printer > Network > Not Shown > Select by
name > \\DESKTOP\p4300 gives the same result as above.
Some other things I tried:
1. Installed the printer directly on the laptop using the installation CD &
USB connexion – that works OK including printing via USB but still unable to
print via network & desktop – still get asked to install pilot, although the
pilot is already installed!
Pilot is at: C:\Program Files\CanonBJ\IJPrinter\Canon iP4300\Prn2KXP.
(Canon site says Vista & XP use same pilot).
2. Installing new driver from Canon USA site (but dated 11/01/2006). As I
obviously did not connect the printer at the end of the installation, I got
an error message to say the program had maybe not installed OK. I tried again
& selected the option to select the port manually, then selected LPT1 (in
ignorance). This gave no error message but when I try to print via printer on
LPT1 there is no reaction at the real printer.
3. Redirecting the port from LPT1 to \\DESKTOP\p4300. This gave error
message “Cannot find Network Nameâ€.
4. The solution that seemed to work on most threads – Control Panel >
Printers > Add Printer > Local > New Port > Local Port > Name new port
\\DESKTOP\p4300 does not work for me. This gave error message “Cannot find
Network Nameâ€.
At this point I would be very grateful for any help!
(Sorry – error messages are my translations from non-English originals…)
success – details below.)
I have read hundreds of threads on this subject, but am still stuck & would
appreciate any advice.
I have a new Canon iP4300 printer attached by USB to a desktop PC running XP
Home Edition (SP2) which has a USB wifi connexion to an Inventel DW-B-200
ADSL router & works fine.
2 other laptops on the network, running XP, can print perfectly on the
printer on the desktop PC via the wifi network.
I just bought a laptop with Vista Home Premium which works OK via wifi & the
same router and does file-sharing OK, but I am unable to print on the iP4300
via my local network.
Some details:
Desktop PC name: DESKTOP
Printer name: p4300
Printer properties: shared : sharing name CanoniP4 (don’t know why -
generated automatically?)
Laptop & desktop have same workgroup name
Both have an account ‘Michelle’ without password.
Normally I am using the account ‘Michelle’ on the laptop, but another
account on the desktop – does that matter?
All concerned accounts have “Admin†priviledges
The laptop had Norton (I just switched to Avast! but no improvement) & the
desktop has Avast.
All firewalls are off – except the one in the DW-B
Laptop can ping DESKTOP
Laptop cannot ping the printer by name, or I don’t know how (tried ‘p4300’ &
‘CanoniP4’ & ‘DESKTOP\p4300’ – maybe I should try something else or maybe you
just can’t ping to a USB printer anyway?)
Laptop can share files on DESKTOP & vice-versa OK – I assume this means the
network basics are OK?
Laptop ‘Network’ panel shows DESKTOP & double clicking on DESKTOP ikon shows
the various printers which are or have been installed on DESKTOP – p4300
appears as ‘CanoniP4’ & hovering the mouse over it shows ‘p4300’.
Right clicking on this ikon & selecting ‘connect’ leads to a box showing
‘connecting…’ then a box saying I need to install the pilot. If I agree to
install the pilot, then eventually everything freezes (I understand this is
normal with Vista/XP mix…).
Trying to add printer via Control Panel > Add Printer > Network > ‘CanoniP4
on Desktop’ gives the same result as above.
Trying via Control Panel > Add Printer > Network > Not Shown > Select by
name > \\DESKTOP\p4300 gives the same result as above.
Some other things I tried:
1. Installed the printer directly on the laptop using the installation CD &
USB connexion – that works OK including printing via USB but still unable to
print via network & desktop – still get asked to install pilot, although the
pilot is already installed!
Pilot is at: C:\Program Files\CanonBJ\IJPrinter\Canon iP4300\Prn2KXP.
(Canon site says Vista & XP use same pilot).
2. Installing new driver from Canon USA site (but dated 11/01/2006). As I
obviously did not connect the printer at the end of the installation, I got
an error message to say the program had maybe not installed OK. I tried again
& selected the option to select the port manually, then selected LPT1 (in
ignorance). This gave no error message but when I try to print via printer on
LPT1 there is no reaction at the real printer.
3. Redirecting the port from LPT1 to \\DESKTOP\p4300. This gave error
message “Cannot find Network Nameâ€.
4. The solution that seemed to work on most threads – Control Panel >
Printers > Add Printer > Local > New Port > Local Port > Name new port
\\DESKTOP\p4300 does not work for me. This gave error message “Cannot find
Network Nameâ€.
At this point I would be very grateful for any help!
(Sorry – error messages are my translations from non-English originals…)