the print server support another protocol like LPR or Raw rather than http?
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"Quitch" <Quitch@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the reply.
>
> The steps you posted are what I have tried and lead to the error I posted.
> I
> also tried changing the name to Printer to remove the underscore in case
> that
> caused a problem, but no joy.
>
> The router is indeed the print server too. It registers the printer as
> Ready
> and from the XP machine last night I printed off a manual without
> problems.
>
> I should also note that the failure is almost instantaneous, rather than a
> long timeout.
>
> "Alan Morris [MSFT]" wrote:
>
>> I assume the router is also your print server device.
>>
>> Adding this after the network printer search page, Not on the list,
>> Select
>> printer by name
>>
>>
>> enter the URL information in the dialog.
>>
>> Is the "My Printer" a US Robotics requirement?
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>> Alan Morris
>> Windows Printing Team
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>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto
>>
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>> "Quitch" <Quitch@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:C131D221-863D-4029-9A45-972130853B30@microsoft.com...
>> >I have an HP DeskJet 6540 shared via a US Robotics US809108 ADSL router
>> >at
>> > address http://192.168.1.1:1631/printers/My_Printer. I can connect to
>> > the
>> > printer, and print successfully from a Windows XP machine, yet when I
>> > try
>> > to
>> > connect to the same address from Windows Vista I am told:
>> >
>> > "Windows cannot connect to the printer. Make sure that you have typed
>> > the
>> > name correctly, and that the printer is connected to the network."
>> >
>> > Adding it as a local printer and then assigning the port
>> > http://192.168.1.1:1631/printers/My_Printer doesn't work either, test
>> > prints
>> > just sit in the queue.
>>
>>
>>