You stated in your post that you have not installed the printer software on
the 98 computer. I think the software for the Vista printer has to be
installed on the WIN98 computer (if possible) for the printer work properly.
You might want to try that.
"Murphil" wrote:
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> I have high speed Internet thru a cable modem connected to the WAN port on my
> router (i.e. physical Fire Wall). 2 PCs are connected to the LAN ports on the
> router to form a private home network. One of the PCs is a new Windows Vista
> Home Premium PC that has a local inkjet printert connected directly to it via
> a USB connection. This printer works very well in response to print requests
> from the Vista PC. The other PC is an "old" Windows 98 PC that is located in
> a different room of the house and has its own local inkjet printer connected
> to the PC via a serial connection. Each PC can see the other one over the
> LAN, including shared files and the shared (Vista) printer. It really works
> like a charm. However, I can not seem to get printer sharing to work over the
> LAN. I've configured the printer on the Vista PC for network sharing (without
> password control), and the Vista seems to acknowledge this by showing the
> printer as a shared device. Strangely, the Win98 can "see" the shared Vista
> printer on the LAN, but it is unable to get this printer to print anything. I
> haven't done anything else, such as install the software for the Vista
> printer on to the Win98 PC. Any attempts to print to the Vista's printer from
> the Win98 PC, over the LAN, gets no response - not even an error message.
> Although, the print job does seem to appear in the print cue (which I have to
> delete manually every time it refuses to print). Any suggestions for getting
> the shared Vista printer to print from the Win98 PC, over the LAN, would be
> very much appreciated.
> --
> Tx ... Murphil