"Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%K5Dj.10490$hP3.6436@xxxxxx
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> "Lang Murphy" <lang_murphy@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:ulN%23o7yhIHA.4140@xxxxxx Quote:
>> "Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:GKVCj.5926$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.
>
>
Same issue I had... as previously stated, don't know what fixed my issue and
it -was- fixed. (Although "behind my back" so to speak.) And while the
access to the printer is not predicated on the printer driver, your Vista
box will not print to your printer hanging off an XP box without the driver
installed locally. That was the point I was making. Obviously, if access is
denied to the printer, the driver won't get installed automagically.
Access denied implies the XP box is the one doing the "denying." (Although,
I admit, what appears to be logical is not always so... might be the Vista
box throwing that error...)
Lang