Shared Printer Madness

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aureolin

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I'm having problems connecting a shared printer to a Vista system. I have a server with a shared printer; several laptops running win7 can access the printer. My Vista laptop can see the server, can see the printer, but when I try to add the printer, I get an error 0x00000709.

The printer drivers exist on both the server and the Vista laptop, the server and the laptop are on the same router. No errors show up in the event logs on either the Vista laptop or the server. I've tried adding it as both a networked printer and as a local TCP/IP port, all to no avail.

So - any ideas?
 

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Check out the following post about this problem and see if anything there helps: http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums/viewtopic.php?t=5969.

The following thread also addresses the issue, but comes at it from a completely different angle involving the use of a static IP address for the printer (among other suggestions). I'm not sure if this is the issue, but it's worth reading to see if it applies and if the suggestions are worth trying: Error when printing across through a router - Windows Vista Printers & Scanners.

There were many other articles on this error, but I reviewed most from the first 10 search pages and found none that offered any solutions but the two above.

I hope this helps. If not, post back and I'll try looking again (but after the time I've already spent, I'm not sure what else I'll be able to find though I will try).

Good luck!
 

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    Optiarc DVD+-RW AD-5540A ATA Device [CD-ROM drive] Dell AIO Printer A940 Conexant HDA D110 MDC V.92 Modem 6TO4 Adapter Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller Broadcom 802.11n Network Adapter Microsoft ISATAP Adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface Router Linksys / WRT54G -01
Thanks for looking into this. Yes, I've tried the "local TCP/IP Port" using the static IP address, and I've verified that I'm not trying to bridge across routers for the printing. I'd seen that thread and had already tried those fixes.

What seems to be "different" about my situation is that the Vista laptop can see and access folders on the server, just not the printer.
 

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