Re: Problems with a shared printer

How did you 'add' the printer to the one that does not have it connected
physically?
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Cari (MS-MVP)
Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
http://www.coribright.com/windows


"yaro137" <> wrote in message
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> I've got 2 Vista laptops. Both on Home Premium. One of them is sharing
> a usb Lexmark 8300 printer. The other one can see the shared resources
> and connect to that printer but it can't print. No error messages
> whatsoever. After printing a test page I can see number 1 next to the
> printer status but when I double click the printer the print job is
> not there. Both the computers are in the same workgroup. Both have
> Printer Sharing enabled in Network and Sharing Center. On the computer
> that's sharing the printer the Everyone group was given full access.
> All paper set to A4 on both of them. Any ideas?
> yaro

"yaro137" <> wrote in message
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> I wouldn't expect to have Printer Sharing turned on on a computer not
> sharing any printers to do any harm. I connected to that printer by
> going to \\computer_name\ then found the printer and connected to it.
> I did that a couple of times before on other Vista computers but in
> this case it just won't work.
> yaro

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