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07-20-2008
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| | Print Servers w/ Vista Hello: I feel like a Dumb Bunny for asking this question, but I have spent hours trying to get two different Vista machines to connect to two different printers connected via an Airlink101 Print Server. The print server is connected to a Lan which has Win2K and WinXP machines. Everybody is happy with the print server except Vista. I can see the printers just fine, but when I try to connect I get a "Windows cannot connect to the printer. Make sure that you have typed the name correctly, and that the printer is connected to the network." If I cheat by typing in the printers name or IP address, I can actually add the printer and even set it to default, but then it fails on print. Am I missing something basic in my setups or is Vista and the Arirlink101 print server not friendly? Thanks for any help or suggestions. -- Another satisfied Microsoft user! (mostly) |
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07-20-2008
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| | Re: Print Servers w/ Vista "Peddlerp" <Peddlerp@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:C1E4BA28-A3B0-422D-A1CF-7EFC1C766E38@xxxxxx Quote: > Hello: > > I feel like a Dumb Bunny for asking this question, but I have spent hours > trying to get two different Vista machines to connect to two different > printers connected via an Airlink101 Print Server. > > The print server is connected to a Lan which has Win2K and WinXP machines. > Everybody is happy with the print server except Vista. I can see the > printers just fine, but when I try to connect I get a "Windows cannot > connect > to the printer. Make sure that you have typed the name correctly, and > that > the printer is connected to the network." > > If I cheat by typing in the printers name or IP address, I can actually > add > the printer and even set it to default, but then it fails on print. > > Am I missing something basic in my setups or is Vista and the Arirlink101 > print server not friendly? > > Thanks for any help or suggestions. > > > -- > Another satisfied Microsoft user! (mostly) |
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07-22-2008
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| | Re: Print Servers w/ Vista Thank you for your response, however I found the answer on another BBS. It would appear that Airlink101 print server is invisable to Vista, the attached printers install as "Local" printers not Networked printers. I would hope that in the next revision of Vista the installation program would 'not care' if a Discovered printer was local or networked. Best to all of you. PP -- "Charles W Davis" wrote: Quote: > > "Peddlerp" <Peddlerp@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:C1E4BA28-A3B0-422D-A1CF-7EFC1C766E38@xxxxxx Quote: > > Hello: > > > > I feel like a Dumb Bunny for asking this question, but I have spent hours > > trying to get two different Vista machines to connect to two different > > printers connected via an Airlink101 Print Server. > > > > The print server is connected to a Lan which has Win2K and WinXP machines. > > Everybody is happy with the print server except Vista. I can see the > > printers just fine, but when I try to connect I get a "Windows cannot > > connect > > to the printer. Make sure that you have typed the name correctly, and > > that > > the printer is connected to the network." > > > > If I cheat by typing in the printers name or IP address, I can actually > > add > > the printer and even set it to default, but then it fails on print. > > > > Am I missing something basic in my setups or is Vista and the Arirlink101 > > print server not friendly? > > > > Thanks for any help or suggestions. > > > > > > -- > > Another satisfied Microsoft user! (mostly) > Install Vista printer drivers on your Vista Machines. > |
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