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RE: Sharing a printer that's connected to an XP computer Drivers for XP don't always work for Vista and vice versa. You will need to
download the drivers for Vista for the printer mentioned.
"Alex" wrote:
> I am trying to access my printer over a network. The printer is hooked up to
> a computer running on XP, while mine is running on Vista home premium.
> The network runs fine. I can see and access files on the XP computer no
> probs. The printer works fine, if it's plugged in directly to either computer.
> My computer can see the printer on the XP computer through the network, and
> can even tell the type (canon pixma mp760).
> However, when I try to connect to it, I get an error message, telling me the
> XP computer doesn not have the proper drivers.
> I've tried putting the vista drivers onto the XP computer and tried
> accessing the printer through the vista drivers already installed on my
> computer, but have not had any luck getting through.
> The computer tells me 'the file *.inf is needed'. I can find the file
> 'mp760sc.INF' on my computer and the XP, where I stashed the Vista driver,
> but when I try to use that, the computer gives me an error message: "Printer
> driver setup error. Operation could not be completed (error 0x800f214)"
> I haven't seen this problem among the posts, so maybe it's something
> ridiculously simple, but I don't know what it is. |