Thank you for sharing your experience with us. Adding local printer first
and remapping it as network printer does fix a lot networking printer issue.
More post can be seen this link:
Vista Print Issues
Solved: Vista print Error 0x00000866 Resolution: 1. Add a Local
Printer and then create a new port pointing to the shared printer. ...
www.chicagotech.net/vista/vistaprint.htm
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"BCCISProf" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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> I had the same problem. I foud the following on another forum and it
> worked.
>
> "On the Vista machine, go to either "Control Panel". Choose "Printers"
> or "Start Menu", "Settings" then "Printers". Choose "Add Printer", then
> "Add a local printer". Click on "Create a new port". The default in the
> drop down box is "Local Port". Do not change that. Click "Next". The
> "Port Name" dialogue box will appear "Enter a port name". Type in the
> \\computer name\printer name ie. My host's computer's name is *caafhome*
> and the printer's share name is *EpsonR310a* so I typed in
> \\caafhome\EpsonR310a Click on "Ok" and it does it's stuff."
>
> Hope that helps
>
>
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> BCCISProf