Have you specifically setup printer sharing on the host machine in the
network configuration? It is a separate operation to file sharing. Till you
do, the other machines will not even know it's there. Once you do, they will
see it and be able to load the driver directly from the host machine.
Good luck.
"Silver Fox" <SilverFox@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I am trying to connect to a network printer from my laptop with Vista
> operating system. The printer (Lexmark 5200 series) is conected by USB
> cable
> to my desktop with XP operating system. I keep getting this error message
> "Windows cannot connect to the printer. Operation could not be completed
> (error 0x0000000d)."
> I have set up the network, configures my Firewall (Norton 360) and can
> file
> share and also 'see' the printer. I have downloaded the Vista driver for
> the
> printer and the printer works when using the USB connection. I have
> reviewed
> lots of 'threads' on this issue and tried all the suggestions including
> ammending the registry as per Microsoft error messages. Furthermore after
> I
> have tried (unsuccessfully) to 'Add the Printer' I cannot communicate with
> the printer when it is connected directly to my laptop. To remedy this I
> have
> to uninstall the printer, run Lexmark cleanuputility and then reinstall
> the
> driver. Can anybody shed some light on this thorny problem?
>