Vista - shared printers

10-02-2007

Sorry if I'm in Vista forum. I'm XP.

I have a wireless home network with XP. I told my printers to be shared. I
go to one of my PCs and try to add a printer, it sees it, but wants an .inf
file locally from that PC. If I've never attached that printer to that PC it
doesn't have any of that printer's drivers & files, etc. Why don't I have a
choice of getting the files off the internet? Am I supposed to put in the
printer's install CD? What if the printer I am sharing didn't come with an
install CD? Thanks Bob

10-02-2007

If all the PCs are running XP (32 bit) then it should pull the required
files over from the PC to which the printer is attached.

See:
http://www.coribright.com/windows/Article_Five.htm
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
http://www.coribright.com/windows

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Quote:

> Sorry if I'm in Vista forum. I'm XP.
>
> I have a wireless home network with XP. I told my printers to be shared.
> I
> go to one of my PCs and try to add a printer, it sees it, but wants an
> .inf
> file locally from that PC. If I've never attached that printer to that PC
> it
> doesn't have any of that printer's drivers & files, etc. Why don't I have
> a
> choice of getting the files off the internet? Am I supposed to put in the
> printer's install CD? What if the printer I am sharing didn't come with
> an
> install CD? Thanks Bob

10-02-2007	#1 (permalink)
Bob n/a posts	shared printers Sorry if I'm in Vista forum. I'm XP. I have a wireless home network with XP. I told my printers to be shared. I go to one of my PCs and try to add a printer, it sees it, but wants an .inf file locally from that PC. If I've never attached that printer to that PC it doesn't have any of that printer's drivers & files, etc. Why don't I have a choice of getting the files off the internet? Am I supposed to put in the printer's install CD? What if the printer I am sharing didn't come with an install CD? Thanks Bob
My System Specs

10-02-2007	#2 (permalink)
Cari \(MS-MVP\) n/a posts	Re: shared printers If all the PCs are running XP (32 bit) then it should pull the required files over from the PC to which the printer is attached. See: http://www.coribright.com/windows/Article_Five.htm -- Cari (MS-MVP) Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging http://www.coribright.com/windows "Bob" <Bob@xxxxxx> wrote in message news2A80941-B444-47F1-BD4E-F0858CA1ABAD@xxxxxx Quote: > Sorry if I'm in Vista forum. I'm XP. > > I have a wireless home network with XP. I told my printers to be shared. > I > go to one of my PCs and try to add a printer, it sees it, but wants an > .inf > file locally from that PC. If I've never attached that printer to that PC > it > doesn't have any of that printer's drivers & files, etc. Why don't I have > a > choice of getting the files off the internet? Am I supposed to put in the > printer's install CD? What if the printer I am sharing didn't come with > an > install CD? Thanks Bob
My System Specs

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