Eric

"Eric" <none@none.nnn> wrote in message
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> "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...
>

That aint gonna work. The descriptions for the drivers are for local USB,
not network.