Vista, wireless networking, and printer sharing

[amalventano1 at tds.net (Allyn)]

Even though it is a 'network printer', its driver must still be installed on a local system, and that system must 'connect' locally
to it, even if that connection is via tcp/ip.  Once this is done, the printer can be shared like any other network printer.

My own preference is to install the driver individually on each and every system on the network, so they all see the same network
printer as if it was their own.  This way all individual systems can print to it regardless of other systems being offline.

Al

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Smith [mailto:smithma7@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 1:21 PM
> To: Chris Bennett
> Cc: car
> Subject: Re: Vista, wireless networking, and printer sharing
> 
> Finally found a solution to this problem, if anyone else runs into it:
> 
> [quote]
> 
> In Vista PC's go to "Control Panel" - "Printers" - "Add printer".
> Believe or not, click "Add a local printer" (I know you want 
> to add a network printer but that way it doesn't work).
> Click "Create a new port" - "Local Port" - "Next"
> In the next box you have to enter a port name like this:
> \\PC name\Printer name
> where "PC name" is the network name of the XP PC where you 
> have the printer and "Printer name" the network name of that 
> printer. Be careful with this names. Check in your XP PC 
> "Control Panel" - "Printers and faxes" - "your printer" - 
> right click - "share" - "share resources name"
> 
> [/quote]
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Mike
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