Vista - Can not active "Turn on printer sharing" in Network & Sharing cent

On my private network I try to share a printer connected to a PC running with
Vista Premium.
Since printer sharing is off on that PC, I click on the arrow button to
select "Turn on printer sharing". But even after clicking on "Apply", printer
sharing is not activated.
I got no error message.
File sharing is working well.

Where does it come from ?

Thanks

Guinlet wrote:
> On my private network I try to share a printer connected to a PC running with
> Vista Premium.
> Since printer sharing is off on that PC, I click on the arrow button to
> select "Turn on printer sharing". But even after clicking on "Apply", printer
> sharing is not activated.
> I got no error message.
> File sharing is working well.
>
> Where does it come from ?

On which computer are you turning on printer sharing? Your post makes it
sound like you are trying to turn on printer sharing from the computer
to which the printer is *not* connected. You need to share out the
printer from the computer to which the printer is connected, not from
the one without the printer.

If you are not doing the above, please post back with what you are
actually doing, including the make/model of your printer and the
operating system running on the computer that has the printer connected
to it.


Malke
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"Malke" wrote:

> Guinlet wrote:
> > On my private network I try to share a printer connected to a PC running with
> > Vista Premium.
> > Since printer sharing is off on that PC, I click on the arrow button to
> > select "Turn on printer sharing". But even after clicking on "Apply", printer
> > sharing is not activated.
> > I got no error message.
> > File sharing is working well.
> >
> > Where does it come from ?
>
> On which computer are you turning on printer sharing? Your post makes it
> sound like you are trying to turn on printer sharing from the computer
> to which the printer is *not* connected. You need to share out the
> printer from the computer to which the printer is connected, not from
> the one without the printer.
>
> If you are not doing the above, please post back with what you are
> actually doing, including the make/model of your printer and the
> operating system running on the computer that has the printer connected
> to it.
>
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>
Thank you Malke for your feedback.
I have a brand new Medion PC, with Intel V//V processor and a 3M RAM. A
Lexmark X5250 inkjet printer is connected to it using an USB cable (I
downloaded and installed the Vista driver from the manufacturer's website).
Printer on that PC is working well. The problem appears when I want to share
that printer with other computers on my wifi network.
By the way I have exactly the same problem with a portable computer
(Toshiba) running also on Vista and with a laser printer attached to it. I
can not share that printer neither.
That's why I don't think that the problem is coming from the computer since
I get it on two different machines. The common points between both computers
are Vista Premium OS and the same firewall (Bitdefender). Does the problem
come from a Vista or a firewall setup ? I'm not convinced by the firewall
explanation since files sharing is working and I'm not familiar enough with
Vista to know all possible options.
I'm puzzled !

Guinlet wrote:

> Thank you Malke for your feedback.
> I have a brand new Medion PC, with Intel V//V processor and a 3M RAM. A
> Lexmark X5250 inkjet printer is connected to it using an USB cable (I
> downloaded and installed the Vista driver from the manufacturer's website).
> Printer on that PC is working well. The problem appears when I want to share
> that printer with other computers on my wifi network.
> By the way I have exactly the same problem with a portable computer
> (Toshiba) running also on Vista and with a laser printer attached to it. I
> can not share that printer neither.
> That's why I don't think that the problem is coming from the computer since
> I get it on two different machines. The common points between both computers
> are Vista Premium OS and the same firewall (Bitdefender). Does the problem
> come from a Vista or a firewall setup ? I'm not convinced by the firewall
> explanation since files sharing is working and I'm not familiar enough with
> Vista to know all possible options.
> I'm puzzled !
>

OK, did you share the printer? What does "can not share that printer"
mean? What happens when you try? Remember that we can't see your
computers and don't know what you've done. When you say "file sharing is
working", do you mean you are able to share files between all the
computers on your network?

Take a look at this link to review file/printer sharing in Vista again:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/net.../vista_fp.mspx


Malke
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Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
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"Malke" wrote:
Thank you Malke. It is now working. I certainly did something wrong when I
tried first.

Guinlet wrote:
I'm glad you got this sorted. Thanks for taking the time to post back.


Malke
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Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User