Connect to a Network Printer on a Windows XP Server in Windows Vista
Published by Kev January 31st, 2007 in techFor better or worse, Windows Vista is out today and I’ll shortly be moving to it as the primary operating system on both my work and home PCs. Aside from compatibility glitches in certain Adobe applications, everything I need to work on Vista does (if a little shakily, in the case of Firefox).
The one issue that almost prevented me from making the move was my need to connect to the shared printer at the office.
A Samsung SCX-4216F, the SitePoint office printer requires new printer drivers to work in Vista. Unfortunately, unless Vista has the necessary driver built-in (it doesn’t in this case), the Add Printer wizard in Vista insists on retrieving the driver for a network printer from the computer to which the printer is connected. At SitePoint (and at many other offices, I imagine), that is and will remain for the foreseeable future, a Windows XP computer. Since you can’t install the Vista driver on a Windows XP computer, that means that Vista fails to connect to the network printer.
The solution is a twisty one that I wasn’t able to find in any of the official Microsoft documentation. In short, you need to fool Vista into thinking that the network printer is actually a local printer, so that you can install the driver directly on your Vista computer.
Here are the exact steps that worked for me:
- Download the Windows Vista printer driver for the SCX-4216F multifunction printer from www.samsung.com.
- Install the driver on your Windows Vista computer. During installation, you’ll be prompted to connect the printer to your computer. Choose the option to proceed with installation without connecting the printer.
- After installation completes, open the Printers applet from the Windows Vista Control Panel.
- Right-click on the new Samsung SCX-4100 Series printer and choose Properties.
- Go to the Ports tab.
- Click Add Port…, select Local Port, then click New Port…
- For the port name, enter exactly the network path and share name of your printer (e.g. \\RECEPTION\Samsung SCX-4×16 Series).
- Click OK, and double-check that this new port is selected with the checkbox next to it.
- Click OK to close the printer properties.
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That reminds me of Window 3.11 printer driver installations for network printers, good to see over all those years we have made some progress, not.
Great tech help article!!! I have been looking for days through Microsoft Books on Vista and other resources including internet searches for this exact problem.
I have an Epson CX4600 that I could not get Vista to talk to via my home network where the printer is connected to an XP machine. I followed the same guidelines as the Samsung and it immediately resolved my problem…well almost immediate.
I had to go in and turn off “Use Off-Line” on the printer properties. I followed your instructions and everything seemed to be fine, but it would not print. I could view the properties of the printer — but the printing would not start. After turning off the “Use Off-Line” check mark, I was off and running.
I appreciate this sooooo much.
God Bless you,
FDKrebs
Also, the printer could not be directly accessed from the network properties window…only from the local printer settings under the control panel.
Thanks,
FDKrebs
I thought I’d tell other of how I got my Samsung ML-2250 network printer installed on Vista. I tried the above steps and kept getting the error message that this port is already in use.
So what worked for me was selecting “add a printer” , “local printer”, then browse to your network printer’s path from the drop down list, then select your printer driver.
Hope this helps someone.
I have the same problem with my printer in Office. We have Router like server and our printer is attachet on the router on USB port. When I use WIN XP it was no problem to install like network printer but when I install Vista all the time I have some erorr with conection. It was some message like the server is not acessable or there is no printer attachet on the server.
And after two hours I resolve the problem on the same way like in this article.
But after installing new LOCAL PORT and finishing with giving the server name and printer name a must set up like I use printer Offline than I restart the PC and after that I turn on printer back using Online and finaly a resolve the problem.
I have been struggeling with installing my shared Cannon printer, but thanks to this superb article I was finally able to print from my Vista PC.
Thanks,
Tor-André
wow so much searching and so many complicated answers and this simple one actually works.
ok its broken again the next day
Sorry to spam your blog.
I had a look at my settings and it seems it was set to offline for some reason.
all seems to be working again.
thanks for your help!
You’d think for the billions MS has they could have something like this resolved before release. Okay, I’m off my box.
The described approach for loading the drivers worked, but I’m still having a problem with both of my network printers going off-line for the Vista machine after bootup. I can’t seem to find a property setting on either printer to un-check the “Use off-line” option.
Set up is: Canon MP-730 on a Linksys print server.
Samsung 2150 on a Win 98SE machine
All network printing works great on my four Win XP machines. Vista’s got me in a twista’!(sorry)
The Doc
I loosed the whole afternoon trying to connect a new vista laptop to an old XP desktop who share the inkjet, and all what I got was several explorer hangs …
THANKS A LOT
Laurent
Will any of these solutions work if the printer is attached to a Win98 machine and there is no Vista driver available for the printer?
Thank you!!! This article was a great help.
Regards Poelman
thanks a bunch, you were great in figuring this one out; it worked with my Samsung SCX-4100
This fix worked for an HP PSC 2410 too. Thanks.
Can anyone tell me how to workout the port name in the solution above, I keep receiving an error message The network path was not found ?
Vista is driving me mad
Have found the network address but when the document goes to print, nothing happens…. any ideas ?
How do you network a printer connected to a Vista Computer with an XP laptop? The printer is HP deskjet 5550 series, and I can’t get it connected.
Thanks,
Randy
Thanks for the tip. I only lost an hour or so before I found your installation steps. Many thanks!!!!
Jake
How do you network a printer connected to a Vista Computer with an XP laptop? The printer is HP photosmart D5100 series, and I can’t get it connected.
Thanks, pierre
I have the same printer, SCX-4×16 Series and I’m trying to connect from XP Desktop to Vista Notebook. It keeps saying Network not found? Any solutions?
Thanks, please send your solution to microsoft and dell they did not have a clue.
I installed a vista driver for a simliar printer because mine printer does not have a vista driver.
It worked great. Hp say some of their drivers for vista will be available in July , this really helps
Thanks
I was Totally stuck and frustrated with trying to network my canon printer between an Xp and Vista computer. Thanks for the helpful article, it worked like a charm.
All I can say is THANK YOU!!!
Perfect - I used the share name in the port setting and it worked.
You would think MS would have handled this already. Pure cr_p
Thanks
I get pop up boxes first time i print after a reset asking me to install drivers but it still prints anyway.
I cant believe canon (in my case) or microsoft havnt fixed this.
I wont be buying a canon printer again… not much choice for operating systems.
I have a similar issue. My new computer runs Vista Home Premium. The printer is a Ricoh Aficio 1013F and it is connected to the network by a Netgear PS101 mini print server. The mini print server is a gadget that attaches to the parallel port on the printer and presents a RJ45 ethernet jack for connection to the network. It works perfectly with all of the other computers on the network.
So this is what happens. I install the printer by a procedure similar to that above, and all is fine. Then, upon booting up the next day, the printer is “offline” and will not go online. I can fool around and change ports (i.e. switch between the name and the IP address as in “//RICOH/P1″ versus “192.168.0.101″) and it will then print, but it prints gibberish.
Great Job! Finally works on my Lexmark E232.
“had to go in and turn off “Use Off-Line” on the printer properties” Thanks Franklin as this was required for mine to work.
Hey everyone … where do you guys find the “use off-line” option?
I have an HP LaserJet 6L and am having the same problems … it’s connected to an XP machine and shared as HPLaserJ … I’ve configured my port as \\dellpc\HPLaserJ and still nothing - not even a test page … any ideas would be appreciated!
Thanks a Million! Works like a champ!!
I’m having the same problem with a HP Officejet V45. I have two XP PC’s with the printer attached to one. I can see the printer from my new VISTA laptop. When I send a test page it goes into the print queue then dissapears.
I tried to add a port to the locally installed HPV45 but received an ‘access denied’ message when trying to save it. Any suggestions?
This solution worked for me with HP Vista Ultimate Laptop to connect to XP Pro Desktop with a Canon S820.
Great solution and saved me hours of frustration. Just keep empaphising that you are Canadian and you’ll do all right over here.
Thanks
Thank goodness for this article. I’ve spent days on this. I used this method and then had to select properties - Print Processor - WinPrint (versus BJ Print Processor3) to get my Canon i560s to print. The Canon is installed on the XP desktop and my Vista laptop is connected to this two computer home network via a router. I just printed a page from my Vista system through the home network!
First I would like to let everyone know that I am a novice with computer. However I do know a little about trying to get my network up and running.
But first I need to as WHAT THE HELL is and where do you find the NETWORK PATH, and NAME???
I am have as follows: New Toshiba Laptop with Windows Vista home premium installed>a old Gateway PC Desktop with Window XP>a Lexmark 8300 series all in one Printer>a Linksys wireless router>cable modem.
The Problem: I could not connect to my XP to share files or printer with the Vista Laptop. I tried all sorts of things…..changed Work-group names to same, reconfigured IP address…downloaded Both Windows XP driver for printer on XP machine…and the Vista driver from the Lexmark.com site.
Now heres what happen I downloaded a little program known as Network Magic, on both machines. This got up my network working together to be able to share files, but not the printer.
I Beg you Please help…All I want is to make my printer work with my Vista laptop…and I need someone to walk me thru it step by step in plain English.
The above sound good. But im stuck on stupid here….lol….What is a network path, and where do I find this name…
Thank you in advance
Excellent advice, worked on the first try. Thank you.
THANK YOU !!!
my i865 from Canon doesn’t even have a Vista driver, but i installed the XP version on the Vista-PC and created the port as you described.
Works like a charm !!
Another success! Why did MS make printer sharing so difficult between XP & Vista? Thanks
Thanks. I just upgraded to Windows Vista Business and couldn’t print to the network printer. This was very helpful!
Hello!
The only question I have is how do you know what to name the port? My printer name is “Printer” but how do I find the network path?
Your help would be greatly appreciated!
thanks!
Bill G
For the port name, enter exactly the network path and share name of your printer (e.g. \\RECEPTION\Samsung SCX-4×16 Series).
Hi Bill,
The network path is \\MACHINENAME\SHARENAME, where MACHINENAME is the network name of the computer to which the printer is connected, and SHARENAME is the network share name of the printer (you can find this on the Sharing tab of the printer’s properties on the computer to which it is connected).
Thanks Kev, I appreciate the repsonse. I also have been successful with XP desktop and 2 Lap tops, but the VISTA sharing was not something I had attempted.
So, using your example above, the path would look like this for me?
\\Mshome\printer
Obvioulsy I did not get fancy with names. I kept the default for the Network name (MSHOME) and named my printer - “PRINTER”.
Would that be correct….?? Thanks again .. I could see by lot’s of blogs, that the vista - XP sharing was difficult. I am so happy I found this site.
Thanks again!!!
BILL G
Hi Again, Re-reading my entry I think the MSHOME is my network “group name”. I would want the PC within the network to which the printer is connected.
That would be something like \\BILLSDESKTOPPC\Printer
Bill G.
Holy s–t it worked. Great advice. Now able to print from a VIsta laptop to networked Canon MP500 on an XP machine.
Shouldn’t have to go through all this mess in the first place though. Aside from eye candy so far no benefit from Vista over XP. Slower & many compatibility problems. Wish I had stayed with XP.
I want to give a big word of appreciation for your help. I have a PSC HP 1210 installed in a Home XP server network and follow your sugestion, except that I used the HP PSC driver alrady installed in Windows Vista. It worked perfectlly! Thank you very much! i spent a good amount of time loking for this tip. Windows Vista help on Microsoft TechNet was helpless
Thanks for the help. Rob Brand, The Netherlands
Well, I used the tip, and it suddenly saw the printer and worked, But the next day it shows up as offline, and I couldn’t get it to work. so, I deleted it. now I can’t reinstall it…
Bummer
Update
This is Robb again, the fellow who deleted the printer and then could not reinstall it. I manage to reinstall it. What I had to do was to DELETE THE PORT that pointed to the netgear PS 101. I deleted these, and then I was able to reinstall. Now, it may all disappear again, but I know now to try some of the other tricks mentioned herein. I don’t recommend that you just delete the printer. If you do, remember to delete the ports. You may have to go into another printer’s configuration.
The way I did it was to break down and connect a USB cable from my HP printer to my new Vista laptop. It detected everything like a whiz. By the way, I left the netgear unit connected to the old LP input on the HP, and it didn’t miss a beat. If I continue to have problems, I may just give up on the wireless route to the PS 101 until I get a newer printer server.
Man, it just amazes me that Vista/longhorn, after two years of delays, still is so incompatable with well-established, name-brand hardware. What on earth were the millionares at Microsoft working on.
I wonder if I shouldn’t have just spend another $700 and bought a mac laptop.
Yet another posting.
Well, the netgear PS 101 and it’s HP 932C are “offline.” I’m wondering how I can just force the thing to go out to the network and wake this connection up!
This is a minor miracle. Microsoft should pay you a million.
I have been struggling for weeks trying to connect a Vista laptop to an Epson Stylus Photo R800 connected to a XP PC.
My sincere thanks.
THANKS, Thanks, THANKS!!!!!!!!
Thank you very much..I struggled a little bit trying to figure out what the “Network path” and “Sharename” was..but after a little bit of investigating and reading the rest of the threads…it work finally…I had the laptop with Vista for 3 months now and I just finally got it to work…Thank you everybody and I will forward this to all my friends that has Vista..Once again..thanks..you guys rock!!!
thank-u.. very good..
Muito bom, me ajudou a resolver meu problema.
eu tinha prolema na instalação da impressora SCX-4100.
I continue to have the ‘offline’ problem with an new Vista Home Premium system and an HP LaserJet 5MP. I can define the printer using the subject proc but sometime later the printer goes offline and when I try to uncheck the property for use offline, I get a ‘command error’ in the property applet. I must delete the printer and redefine a new one to get any printing done from the Vista system.
I have had several lengthly chat and phone conversations regarding this ‘bug’ in the driver. HP’s final, recommended solution: “Buy a new compatible printer!”
Consider the business ethics of a company that uses a known ‘bug’ as a marketing strategy to sell new hardware to thousands of their loyal customers who have servicable hardware except for the identified driver problem. Shame on HP!
So how to we contact J.D. Powers about HP’s ‘womderful’ support rating?
I’ve been struggling getting a print server to work on Vista and finally found the solution as described above by treating it as a local printer. This works until Vista reboots and then the printers go off-line. They can only be brought back on-line by delete and reinstall. I have SNMP disabled and and bi-directional is greyed out. If I try to configure a port, I get the error “An error occurred during port configuration. This operation is not supported.” I tried to stay away from Vista knowing about these problems, but it is very difficult to find XP laptops any more. XP didn’t work until SP2 came out. When is Vista scheduled to work?
Thanks You save my day
Absolutely B****y marvellous. After 2 days of messing about got there with an HP Printer, Vista Laptop and XP server. I thought I had an idea of networking. How wrong I was. How did you ever work this out?
I have Lexmark z25, how do i get it to work on my vista windows, dosen’t have a clue about it, can you help me please, thanks from jackie
I had no real problem with connecting to a pre xp shared resource I just googled the error lo and behold solution was out there. My problem is if the “port” “//SERVER/printername” is not “online” when the Vista station boots then the only way to reconnect the resource is by deleting and reinstalling.
May have to break down and get a “print server”
I have 3 xp pro PC’s. Printer is connected to one of machines that is hooked up with a wireless DSL. Life was good internet, printing, file sharing. Now I replaced the PC that is connected to the printer & DSL router with Vista premium. The other two XP pro pc’s can go on to Internet, can see the Network but can’t see the printer.Looks like a protocol issue? I see the network on both the XP pro but nothing beyond that. Tried the local port thing as you said but it says network path not found. Any ideas appreciated.
as i studied windows vista features.I dont find any special features of windows vista that make me impress to move from xp to windows vista.It may possible i miss something.can u guide me any new thing about windows vista features.
Thank you !
I trying for a while to connect to my printer share without success “asked me to install the driver which was already bundled with vista and freeze afterwhile”
This is brillant. Works great
Just wanted to record my thanks for this thread.
The recommended action at the top of the thread worked first time.
PERFECT!!!
Thank you!!!
I’ve been circling with this problem for a while now and it’s a good thing i stumbled on this link on my google search. This is great! thanks!
I am shocked. I searched postings and the only thing I could find was to just submit and buy network magic. This worked immediately, but I did have to uncheck the use offline also.
Thanks,
Jim
I have a Samsung SCX-4200 Connected to my XP machine and I spent weeks trying to share it with my new Vista computer.
Your recomendation worked very well !
Thanks for sharing your tip.
Thanks for this article. I searched books and the internet for several days because I could not get my new Vista computer to print to a shared HP laserjet 1020 printer on my XP computer. It worked fine with my old XP laptop. But my new Vista laptop would not print to the printer. This solution worked. I too found that I had to uncheck the offline item on the popup menu for the printer. But everythings works fine after offline is unchecked. Thanks.
Stew
I have been trying for months to get the printer attached to a desktop to work. I could get a different printer on the network to work which did not need a driver upgrade. I had added the network address and printer name for the desktop as the port. Today I went to the network setting where it showed all the computers on the network. I highlighted the computer I wanted to add the printer to. Then clicked add printer. The Wizard came up asking me whether I wanted local or network. This time I picked local. When it came time to pick the port the port was on the list already so I picked that and then told the Wizard where to find the driver. Of course since the Vista Driver was already installed it used that one. The print test page printed and I turned the laptop with Vista off and back on and it printed a document. *Sigh* the other printer is now listed as being offline even though it is not and will print from other computers. Unfortunately the Use Printer Offline option can’t be unchecked as it is grayed out. At least I can get one printer to work with the Vista laptop and the one that the person wanted to print from.
Thanks for posting this information here. Although I had tried it before this time it worked. Just remember when adding a printer to pick local and not the other option. Also make sure that sharing is enabled on the host computer.
Au secours please.
I’m getting desesperate because I cannot install my hp laserjet 1320 under Vista. It’s seems it install a sort of pilote, hp laserjet 1320 (DOT4), then I cannot find it in the printer manager window. Where is that printer gone???
Please help me I’ve spent one full day trying to find an answer.
Take care, have a good day
THANK YOU THANK YOU! When Vista came out, I resisted upgrading for so long since my home network was optimally set up. I got a new laptop at work and I had no choice but to use it and it came with Vista. I took it home and could NOT find a way to use my Epson R200 via my home network. The printer is connected my desktop XP machine…
Well, like others on this post, I searched and searched for a solution (via the Epson site and Microsoft sites), and YOUR INSTRUCTIONS WORKED!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!! You saved me from getting a new printer.
Farrell
Los Angeles, CA
My computer in vista won’t print to network printer which have xp operation system. I have already make sure that printer is online and shared, security has been checked too but it still won’t. My printer is HP Laser jet 1015. By the way another computer in xp don’t have any problem to connect with this printer.
Thanks
I followed the steps from the top, I cant find the offline checkbox?? :T
I have been trying off and on since March 2007 to get my daughter’s new Vista laptop to connect to an HP Officejet K80 being shared from an XP desktop.
Finally, success. Your instructions were right-on.
Entering the network host name and printer share name for the port name as you describe in step 7 was the key. NOT very intuitive of Microsoft.
It works
THank you so much
Like many others I was stuck connecting to an XP home machine over a wireless link trying to print from a 64bit vista. Now woks thanks.
Thanks so much. I tried every way but sideways to get my network printer working with no results until I found your solution.
The only thing I had to do differently was plug the printer into my Vista laptop first to get Vista to install the printer drivers properly. Once that was done, I just hooked the printer back up to the network server and changed my port like you suggested and bam! it works like a champ now.
Thank you.
My Lexmark Z25 doesn’t want to work with Vista. Lexmark’s website did NOT have a driver for this printer on Vista. I’ve tried numerous other places as well, with no solid answers. Does anyone know for sure? I don’t really want to buy a new printer.
thanks for the help. I was just about to give up on attempting to get windows vista to recognize my printer on my xp computer, until I found this article. My problem was solved in about 5 minutes. Again thanks for the free advise.
That was a great fix!!! Before everything was taking forever to print when I sent print jobs from my vista laptop to my xp desktop. Now it is just as fast as when when my laptop was on xp. Thanks!!!
Do these directions apply for the Lexmark Z25? I’m have the same problem as Jackie. I recently purchased a new laptop with Vista for college and my Lexmark Z25 is not compatible. =(
Help!
thankyou, spent a day on this , then came across your post. couldn’t skip the pluging in of printer on my hp 7762 install so i moved printer to vista pc for the install then moved it back to xp print server after install . followed your instructions and bingo. Thanks.
Thanks a lot, from a fellow Canadian (living in New York). I knew it had something to do with installing the Vista driver locally, but I wasn’t sure on out to get it to look on the network for the printer instead of the USB bus.
I can’t get my Vista machine to see my XP machine when I choose view workgroup computers. If I look at a full map of the wireless router on the |Vista machine it shows the XP kind of dangling out there. The router is connected to the XP machine. I need these two to talk so that I can print to the X|P from the Vista. Can anyone help me?
Yep. Installing the printer locally on the vista machine worked wonderfully. Thank you, as I had been pulling my hair out for awhile on this ……
Worked for me too! My printer was connected to Win2000. I had to change the share name so that it didn’t have any spaces.
I have printer CANON Multi PASS L60. Is there a driver for Windows VISTA available? Thanks!
Thank you!!!!!!!
Your fix worked wonders. We played around with this for a long time…and you saved us many hours and much wailing and knashing of teeth.
Thanks again!
Thank you, thank you, thank you. Your advice about tricking Vista into thinking a networked printer is a local one is spot on. I just bought a Toshiba Satellite notebook with Vista pre-installed, and I was frustrated after an hour of troubleshooting why Vista could see my Canon MP500 on the XP desktop, but not install it. I followed your advice of creating a new port with \\DESKTOP\MP500 as the port and everything immediately worked. I thank you for sharing this information with legions of frustrated new Vista operators!
Wow! That worked for me too.
I had issues connecting to my SCX-4200 hosting on my XP machine from my Vista laptop. Could not get the drivers!
Thanks for sharing this.
LET’S FACE IT FOLKS, VISTA IS A PIECE OF S–T. UNTIL A SERVICE PACK OR NEW OS COMES OUT WE’RE STUCK. REMINDS ME OF WINDOWS ME. CALLED MS ABOUT PRINTER/NETWORKING PROB AND THEY CUD CARE LESS.
Cool… this works for my Canon LBP 3200.
I called up Canon Service center but the personnel asked me to off my firewall.
I’m so lucky to i get to read up your article it helps a lot. Now i can connect my printer in my office.
I could print just fine on my Samsung ML-2010 attached to XP Pro from my Vista laptop over wireless a few months ago. I moved to a new location, set everything up, and I could no longer print from the Vista laptop.
After uninstalling the printer from the laptop and reinstalling it with the method above, I can now print again! I used this method to connect an HP OfficeJet T45 attached to an XP Home desktop on the network to my laptop as well without any troubles. Thanks!
I fought with two new Dell’s trying to attach Vista to a Konica printer for half the day. Until i found your post. I tried it and it worked perfect. Thank you!
When I enter my computer name \ shared printer name for new port I get network path was not found. Also when I click on network on my Vista laptop client machine it doesn’t seem to have a clue about what’s on its network. Do you have any troubleshooting tools to help me figure out why my laptop does not recognize my network and/or the host machine. Both machines are working fine on wireless Linksys router with Internet connection. I use two printers regularly on my host and have installed drivers and tested the Vista on a direct connection. Thank you.
Thank you, thank you a million times, thank you!!!
Thanks very much! Works great! I lost a day on this until I realized i had to make sure I had the right printer sharing name, rather than the actual printer name. Ah…knew it had to be my error somewhere. I found the sharing name under “sharing” in the printer properties tab.
thanks, thanks, thanks….
Why couldn’t HP have posted this?
Robin
Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you……..
Thank you very much.
I am having this same problem…..with a twist …I can’t print from my laptopn (VISTA), which is connected by wireless network to my VISTA-equipped desktop (connected to hp psc 1300 series printer). Everyone else seems to be having problems when the printer is attached to an XP machine. When I try to add printer through local port….get “network path can’t be found” error message. I am quite ready to throw my laptop, desktop and printer out the window!
Should I be trying to download VISTA driver for my printer through HP website?
Thanks, couldn’t figure out why our new Vista machine wouldn’t print to an network HP Laserjet 5si which it recognized, installed as a local port with a network address and it works beautifully!
Really appreciate the tip.
Cali
Wow. Thank you
You have more steps than needed. To make my HP970 on my XP server print from my Vista lap top.
1.On the Vista lap top click on Ad a printer
2.Click on ad a local printer
3.Select “Create a new port” leave on local port and click on next.
4.”Enter a port name” pops up,type in the server name followed by the shared printer name, example:
\\SERVER\HP970CSE
5.Choose your printer from the list.
6.Name your printer, print a test page and click on finish!
Amazing, it works!! HP told me I had to buy a new printer and Microsoft was clueless!!
How happy I am to prove them wrong and saved money to boot!!
Hi there could you help me please.
I am also stuck on stupid. I know nothing…I cannot get my Lexmark X75 to print.
I just got my new computer with Vista up and running Saturday.
My printer ran fine with my windowsME.
I don’t understand drivers and ports…please can you spell it out exactly what I need to do.
wrote to Lexmark,but no contact from them.
Thanks so much! Claudette Brozzo ..housewife,(with what she thought was an above average itelleigence), from Indiana!!
thanks for this forum. finally i can resolve my problem.
hi,
i am having hp printer 1010 installed ,configured as shared printer on Win Xp sp2 desktop,
i conbfigured to access from xp home laptop it is connecting and able to get print ,but every time i restart or logoff the laptop it is not,Again if i reconfigure it will work.
how can get perminent connection to the printer even i if restart or logoff the laptop?
please help me on it .ASAP.
Thank you
Thanks!!!!!!!
I followed all of the instructions for my HP Photosmart 7350 but keep getting network path not found. I’m going to kill someone!!!! HELP!!
I have an HP3180, and I had to connect my printer to my laptop to allow the installation to complete-then I disconnected it and reconnected to my XP machine. Then, I had to turn off my firewall on my XP machine and followed the directions. And it worked! Thanks.
WOW! This worked! After much wasted time trying to figure it out this did the trick.
My setup: Canon MP390 on a Vista 64 bit box as the print server and XP 32 bit machines on the network - pointing the 32 bit boxes to the print server with the above method worked like a charm.
Thanks a lot. Your solution worked just fine for me after spending hours trying out other solution.
This worked for my Canon PIXMA ip4000 printer located on an XP system accessed via a VISTA laptop on the network. Choosing Windows update for the source of the driver, there was no iP4000 choice … in a leap of faith, I chose the iP4200 driver and it worked … at least for basic printing … don’t know yet about all the bells and whistles.
After pulling out much of my hair (the solutions posted on this forum did not work for me), I purchased/downloaded Network Magic and installed on my desktop and laptop and I can now print from my Vista-equipped, networked laptop as well as the desktop.
Just wanted to say that this solution worked perfectly for me. I just installed Vista on my main PC, and my printer (Epson Stylus CS7400) is attached to a Windows XP machine. It’s working great now, thank you so much!
Amazing! You have saved MANY of us from a life of degradation and doom! Thanks!
Sir,
I have a similar probem i.e. a Canon LBP 810 Printer attached to an XP machine cannot be accesed from a Laptop on Windows Vista Home Premium. I tried your instructions but I received errror at the poit of writing the path to the printer:” \\com2\canolbp ” Error reported that the specified path not accessible
I enabled:
1. Network Descovery,
2. FileSharing
3. Printer Sharing
succesfully.
I equally disabled Password Protected Sharing successfully.
I turn off Windows Firewall
But I noticed that Norton Protection Center is ative though not uptodate.
What could have made it impossible to see other computer that are on XP from the VIsta?
I can only see systems that are on Vista. How do make the Vista visible to Xp and vice versa.
Thanks
Sir,
I have a similar probem i.e. a Canon LBP 810 Printer attached to an XP machine cannot be accesed from a Laptop on Windows Vista Home Premium. I tried your instructions but I received errror at the poit of writing the path to the printer:” \\com2\canolbp ” Error reported that the specified path not accessible
All the system in the network were in the same work group. Then I enabled:
1. Network Descovery,
2. FileSharing
3. Printer Sharing
succesfully.
I equally disabled Password Protected Sharing successfully.
I turn off Windows Firewall
But I noticed that Norton Protection Center is ative though not uptodate.
What could have made it impossible to see other computer that are on XP from the VIsta?
I can only see systems that are on Vista. How do make the Vista visible to Xp and vice versa.
Thanks
Hi - Just wanted to say thank you very much!!!! This was exactly what I needed. I have been trying for hours to get my new laptop (Vista) to discover my HP 2000c on my other laptop with Windows XP and it could not find it. I tried entering the comptuer name and IP address. Then I tried your method and it worked! Thanks a million.
This WORKS!!!
Thanks!!!
i want install hp laserjet 1320n printer in network. i have 10 computers in my lacation but there is windows xp in all computers.
Hey, thanks for the good job. It has been weeks of tries before I bumped into your nice post. And it WORKED !!! So, a big thankyou from faraway Italy !!!
Ciao
help, I am trying to get my lexmark z25 connected to computer, telling me that there are compatability issues with vista???
I have just purchased my second network printer and the same problem persists. I have one telephone line and it splits through a filter/splitter to my computer room. There it splits again into two, one line into a cordless phone and the other into my BB modem/router. Well my new printer is the Brother MFC885CW (previous one 3820CN) with its own cordless phone (reason I bought it to eliminate a separate cordless phone). I have disconnected my old cordless and as soon as I plug its phone line into the new printer “LINE IN” I lose my BB connection (ADSL light goes out) which is on the other line. When I plug the modem and printer in series on the same line the same result, swap them around same again. I would have though that the fax or phone in the printer would act the same as the cordless phone and work. Not so, confused?
Thank you; good solution. Works with HP PSC 2179 where Microsoft research was useless once again.