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W98 to Vista printing on network
  1. 13 Jan 2008 #1


    Bill Guest

    W98 to Vista printing on network

    I have a machine w/Vista and a USB printer attached. My other W98 machine
    shows the Vista machine in my home wireless network. It shows the public
    folder but not the printer. I have manually typed the port address and a
    message say "cannot connect printer off line. Firewalls are turned off,
    wondering is it possible to still print ?



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  2. 19 Jan 2008 #2


    George B Guest

    Re: W98 to Vista printing on network

    I have tried the same configuration, but had to give up. I got farther than
    you, apparently -- I could see the Vista printer from W98SE, but the Vista
    system hung up when I tried to print to it. The other way worked fine -
    attaching the printer to the W98 machine and printing from Vista. Good
    luck.

    George B.

    "Bill" <Bill@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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    > I have a machine w/Vista and a USB printer attached. My other W98 machine
    > shows the Vista machine in my home wireless network. It shows the public
    > folder but not the printer. I have manually typed the port address and a
    > message say "cannot connect printer off line. Firewalls are turned off,
    > wondering is it possible to still print ?


      My System SpecsSystem Spec
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