Mark R. Cusumano

This works great, I've added several printers attached to XP machines on my
Vista laptop. Not sure why you just can do it directly but as long as it
worked was all I cared about.

"kuan wai" <kuanwai@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8E25BEC8-3ED2-42A5-A18F-053087596542@microsoft.com...
> try this on the Vista machine
>
> 1) using the Add Printer Wizard, add a local printer.
> 2) Create a new port, and select 'Local Port'
> 3) when prompted for the port name, enter '\\<XP Computer>\<Printer Name>
> 4) provide the vista driver for the printer
>
>
>
> "Alex" wrote:
>
>> Yeah. That was the first thing I did... are you saying I should try
>> installing the Vista driver on the XP machine?
>>
>> "hayami.wai" wrote:
>>
>> > 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.