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| | Can't Connect to Network Printer I'm trying to connect my HP Photosmart printer to my Windows Vista laptop through my home network. When I open the network folder, I can see the printer, but the add a printer wizard can't find it on the network. This worked before - I've printed from this laptop to the same printer before, but I deleted the connection on my computer when I went back to college. Are there any settings that I should be checking? |
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| | Re: Can't Connect to Network Printer You may want to setup it as local printer first and then remap it as network printer. This search result may help. Vista Print Issues Solved: Vista print Error 0x00000866 Resolution: 1. Add a Local Printer and then create a new port pointing to the shared printer. ... www.chicagotech.net/vista/vistaprint.htm -- Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com <Robert.Kosarowich@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:30313e4f-0abd-409b-a856-10b12addba39@xxxxxx Quote: > I'm trying to connect my HP Photosmart printer to my Windows Vista > laptop through my home network. When I open the network folder, I can > see the printer, but the add a printer wizard can't find it on the > network. This worked before - I've printed from this laptop to the > same printer before, but I deleted the connection on my computer when > I went back to college. Are there any settings that I should be > checking? |
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| Vista Ultimate x32 | Re: Can't Connect to Network Printer Did you try adding the printer using Administrator privs? Just go to the Control Panel > Printers > Run As Administrator > Add Printer. This process gave me access to the network printer. Unfortunately, MS Word will not work at all if the network printer is setup as the default and not added by the administrator. |
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