Eric

"Malke" <notreally@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> Eric wrote:
>> HP Laserjet 1020, connected to a WinXP Pro host. Current drivers.
>>
>> Attempts to connect with a Vista computer yields:
>>
>> "Windows cannot connect to the printer. The specified print monitor in
>> unknown."
>>
>> Works fine with all my other computers...
>>
>> HP's website is worthless.
>
> Do you have file/printer sharing set up on Vista? The printer is shared
> out from the XP box? The Vista username and password has been created on
> the XP box? When you say "current drivers" I take it to mean that you've
> installed the latest Vista drivers downloaded from HP's website. Usually
> the error message you are getting means you've got the wrong drivers
> installed.

File and printer sharing is enabled and working fine.

The printer is on a WinXP host. Under properties/sharing, Vista isn't
listed even with the most current drivers installed.
These are the drivers that get sent out over the network from the host when
a computer wants to use the printer.

Or are you saying to install the printer drivers on the Vista computer
first? Is it smart enough during the install to connect with a network
printer? I'll give that a try...