I have tried this entire scenario and it still will not work. I have a
Lexmark z715 printer connected via USB to a workstation with XP home loaded.
I am trying to share the printer to a new laptop with vista home premium
through the wireless router. I was getting access denied, until I booted to
safe mode on xp home workstation and enabled the gues accoutn. Now i get an
0x00000d error when trying to connect to the shared printer. What am I doing
wrong?
"Michael" wrote:
Quote:
> Awesome....it works. First I had to connect the USB Epson RX500 to the Vista
> Laptop to download drivers from Microsoft...per directions on Epson's site.
> Go figure...Epson does not have the Vista drivers on their site. Anyway after
> installing the drivers I put the printer back on the XP system and followed
> your instructions. It works.......
>
> THANKS!
> --
> Michael
> I prefer RSX-11 Operating System!
>
>
> "longvale" wrote:
> Quote:
> > Hi this is a response I found on VNUNET.Com from a Robert Clayton which
> > worked for my situation which is similar to yours. I tried to access a
> > printer on my XP Home machine in another room via a wLAN, from my Vista
> > desktop. Constantly had a "cannot access printer" message until I followed
> > the instructions from Bob Clayton. Seems Vista will only access a 'local
> > printer' not a network one. From memory I needed to download the latest Vista
> > compatible driver for the printer attached to the XP machine, onto my Vista
> > machine before I took the steps below.
> >
> > "Posted: 05-Aug-2007 19:09 Reply
> >
> >
> > Been trying to connect my wifes new Vista laptop (yuk) to print out to my
> > networked XP desktop's printers. I could see the files and printers on the XP
> > machine from the laptop. Tried all the usual , firewalls,file and printer
> > sharing turned on. Would not connect !
> >
> > Apparently this is a problem that hasn't been solved.
> >
> > This "workaround" solved it for me.
> >
> > .
> >
> > 1.) Verify that File and print sharing is turned on and properly configured
> >
> > on the XP machine.
> >
> > 2.) Locate and notate the Win XP computer name (i.e. "Desktop") (Found in
> >
> > System Properties in the Computer Name tab)
> >
> > 3.) Locate and notate the printer share name on the XP computer (i.e.
> >
> > "Printer") (Found under the Sharing tab on the Printer Properties page)
> >
> > 4.) On the Vista machine launch the "Add a Printer" wizard
> >
> > 5.) Choose "Add a local printer"
> >
> > 6.) Select "Create a new port" radio button and choose "Local Port" from the
> >
> > drop down menu
> >
> > 7.) Press Next
> >
> > 8.) In the "Enter Port Name:" box enter the following: \\Desktop\Printer
> >
> > where "Desktop" = the computer name from step 2 and "Printer" = the printer
> >
> > share name from step 3.
> >
> > 9.) Select the Printer driver from the list provided or use the "Have Disk"
> >
> > button to install the correct Vista driver if it is not in the built-in list.
> >
> > It is critical that the driver you use is Vista compatible.
> >
> > 10.) Press next
> >
> > 11.) Give the printer a distinct name and choose whether to set as the
> >
> > default.
> >
> > 12.) Press Next
> >
> > 13.) Print a test page to verify functionality.
> >
> > 14.) Press Finish
> >
> >
> >
> > .
> >
> > Hope this helps someone else.
> >
> > .
> >
> > Bob "
> >
> > Let us all know if it works??!!
> >
> > "Michael" wrote:
> > Quote:
> > > Configuration: HP Laptop with Vista Home Premium, Compaq desktop with XP home
> > > and Epson Rx500 USB printer shared, Dell desktop with XP home. All in same
> > > WORKGROUP.
> > > Symptom: XP systems print to RX500 OK. When adding printer to Vista, sees
> > > RX500 but get error message after "Connecting to RX500" box. Error messsage
> > > says Windows cannot connect to the printer. Access is denied.
> > >
> > > Thanks for your recommendaitons.
> > > --
> > > Michael