Connecting to an XP PC printer to a Vista..

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RotaryP7

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Before making this thread I searched and tried everything since last night.. I finally gave up. As you can see I'm trying to connect my Vista x64 laptop to a shared printer on my network which is running on an XP machine. I can see the PC and printer but when I hit select, it fails to connect to it because it keeps telling me wrong drivers installed or something and it tells me to search for them. What I did after wards was connect the printer locally to my laptop to install the drivers needed for Vista. No luck when trying to connect to it again wireless. Same error message.

Any help? I'm new to Vista..

Printer: Brother MFC-7420 (it's already on shared)
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Asus laptop
    CPU
    Intel Core2 Duo T5800 2.00 GHz
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce 9300m GS
    Monitor(s) Displays
    14.1"
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800
    Hard Drives
    250GB SATA (5400 rpm)
    Internet Speed
    Cable - Wireless - 8/16 megs
You have to be in the same subnet. File and Print sharing enabled on both computers. You go into the printer folder and share the printer.

\\computer\printer_share is the printer.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    pair of Intel E5430 quad core 2.66 GHz Xeons
    Motherboard
    Supermicro X7DWA-N server board
    Memory
    16GB DDR667
    Graphics card(s)
    eVGA 8800 GTS 640 MB video card
    Hard Drives
    SAS RAID
SCSIraidGURU said:
You have to be in the same subnet. File and Print sharing enabled on both computers. You go into the printer folder and share the printer.

\\computer\printer_share is the printer.
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Well, I have the firewall with Norton and it's set on shared. I think my Windows firewall is disabled so it wouldn't matter.

I don't get what your saying though? The printer is shared from the host PC.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Asus laptop
    CPU
    Intel Core2 Duo T5800 2.00 GHz
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce 9300m GS
    Monitor(s) Displays
    14.1"
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800
    Hard Drives
    250GB SATA (5400 rpm)
    Internet Speed
    Cable - Wireless - 8/16 megs

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    I5 3570K
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    creative x-fi
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My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Asus laptop
    CPU
    Intel Core2 Duo T5800 2.00 GHz
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce 9300m GS
    Monitor(s) Displays
    14.1"
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800
    Hard Drives
    250GB SATA (5400 rpm)
    Internet Speed
    Cable - Wireless - 8/16 megs
On XP computer, you configure the printer and set up printer sharing in the printer setup.

You need file and print services enabled.
Your router needs to allow file and print services

On Vista, you add a printer, choose network printer, go to your workgroup, find the XP computer and under it should be your printer.

both computers must be in the same subnet and workgroup, you also need them to have security rights to browse for the files and printers.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    pair of Intel E5430 quad core 2.66 GHz Xeons
    Motherboard
    Supermicro X7DWA-N server board
    Memory
    16GB DDR667
    Graphics card(s)
    eVGA 8800 GTS 640 MB video card
    Hard Drives
    SAS RAID
SCSIraidGURU said:
On XP computer, you configure the printer and set up printer sharing in the printer setup.

You need file and print services enabled.
Your router needs to allow file and print services

On Vista, you add a printer, choose network printer, go to your workgroup, find the XP computer and under it should be your printer.

both computers must be in the same subnet and workgroup, you also need them to have security rights to browse for the files and printers.
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Ok, I'm getting somewhat closer. I found the shared printer and I even added the printer so it looks like it works.. Thing is, I can't print. Test page isn't working.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Asus laptop
    CPU
    Intel Core2 Duo T5800 2.00 GHz
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce 9300m GS
    Monitor(s) Displays
    14.1"
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800
    Hard Drives
    250GB SATA (5400 rpm)
    Internet Speed
    Cable - Wireless - 8/16 megs
I seriously cannot get it to work.. It's connected to the printer but it's not printing.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Asus laptop
    CPU
    Intel Core2 Duo T5800 2.00 GHz
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce 9300m GS
    Monitor(s) Displays
    14.1"
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800
    Hard Drives
    250GB SATA (5400 rpm)
    Internet Speed
    Cable - Wireless - 8/16 megs
Do you have rights to print on that computer from your Vista account? I usually put the same username and password on all workgroup computers.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    pair of Intel E5430 quad core 2.66 GHz Xeons
    Motherboard
    Supermicro X7DWA-N server board
    Memory
    16GB DDR667
    Graphics card(s)
    eVGA 8800 GTS 640 MB video card
    Hard Drives
    SAS RAID
SCSIraidGURU said:
Do you have rights to print on that computer from your Vista account? I usually put the same username and password on all workgroup computers.
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I should be able to. It just keeps saying error printing when I print from my laptop. I've already connected my other desktop PC on XP to that same printer and no problems..
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Asus laptop
    CPU
    Intel Core2 Duo T5800 2.00 GHz
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce 9300m GS
    Monitor(s) Displays
    14.1"
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800
    Hard Drives
    250GB SATA (5400 rpm)
    Internet Speed
    Cable - Wireless - 8/16 megs
What is the error? Can you print a test page?
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    pair of Intel E5430 quad core 2.66 GHz Xeons
    Motherboard
    Supermicro X7DWA-N server board
    Memory
    16GB DDR667
    Graphics card(s)
    eVGA 8800 GTS 640 MB video card
    Hard Drives
    SAS RAID
Have you tried reading my tutorial... It might help.

Click HERE for the tutorial :)
 

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    Onboard Sound Card ~ Logitech X-540 5.1 Speaker System
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    Laptop 15.4 LCD
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    1280*768
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    Logitech G11 Gaming Keyboars
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    Download: 4500 kb/s Upload: 500 kb/s
SCSIraidGURU said:
What is the error? Can you print a test page?
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Yea, I can't print the test page, says error.

Extensa said:
Have you tried reading my tutorial... It might help.

Click HERE for the tutorial :)
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That was one of the first things I did.. I tried it before even making this thread. It installed the printer and everything and I tried printing and nothing..
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Asus laptop
    CPU
    Intel Core2 Duo T5800 2.00 GHz
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce 9300m GS
    Monitor(s) Displays
    14.1"
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800
    Hard Drives
    250GB SATA (5400 rpm)
    Internet Speed
    Cable - Wireless - 8/16 megs
Alright I did it. It finally worked after having the drivers needed and whatnot. Don't really know what the problem was all I know is now it works.. And I want to thank you guys who helped me. Vista isn't easy and I'm glad I found this forum.

Thanks again to all, issue solved. :)
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Asus laptop
    CPU
    Intel Core2 Duo T5800 2.00 GHz
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce 9300m GS
    Monitor(s) Displays
    14.1"
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800
    Hard Drives
    250GB SATA (5400 rpm)
    Internet Speed
    Cable - Wireless - 8/16 megs
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