Thanks for the response. I believe I did try that once before - a few months
ago - and it didn't work. I'll try again, anyway, and let you know.
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Tx ... Murphil
"Mike" wrote:
Quote:
> 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:
> Quote:
> > 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