Man That worked Great thank you so much, I have spent the last 24hrs trying
to get my HP PSC 1209 to work on my New HP Vista Laptop. You just save me
$200. Thanks again
Jammal
"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