"Lang Murphy" <lang_murphy@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:
> "Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:GKVCj.5926$Id3.1274@xxxxxx Quote:
>>I have a HP4L connected to a XP Home machine. It is set as a Shared
>>Printer, and other machines on my home network can see it and print to it.
>>
>> I have a Vista Home machine on the same network tht can see the XP
>> machine, and access the shared folders, but it can not connect to the
>> shared printer. When I try to connect to the HP4L, I get an error
>> message, ACCESS DENIED. I was thinking the error came from the XP
>> machine -- firewall problem or the like -- but I can't find any thing
>> that would keep Vista out while letting all of my other machines in --
>> the other machines are all XP, some XP Pro, and some XP Home. The only
>> machine that can not share the printer is the Vista machine.
>>
>> Do I need a printer driver on the Vista machine that works with the
>> printer?
>>
>> <scratching head>
>
>
> Of course you need a printer driver on your Vista box... just because the
> printer is hanging off another box doesn't mean you don't need a local
> driver on your Vista box. (Sorry, don't mean to sound harsh...)
>
> Sorry to say, I don't have an answer for you. I went through the -exact-
> same issue with my ten year old NEC SuperScript 1260 hanging off an XP
> Home box. For months whenever I tried, out of curiousity, to connect to
> the printer, I got the access denied msg. Then after numerous Vista system
> updates, and numerous months, I tried again and it worked, out of the
> blue. Well, I was happy but had no clue as to what got it working. For all
> I know it might have been XP updates, not Vista updates, that fixed it...
>
> That said... are your XP and Vista boxes up to date, patch wise?
>
> Lang As far as I know. I have Automatic Updates set ON.
PS
Access to the printer is not predicated on the driver. When the connection
is allowed, the driver automatically loads. I loaded the HP4L driver into
the Vista box, and the printer showed up as a Local Printer, but it would
still not connect as a Network Printer.