Sharing a network printer

OlegWasHere

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so i have a dinosour of a printer/fax that used to work over network connection but doesnt want to anymore.

its connected to a windows xp machine in the basement and shared over the network.
it is visible on this windows vista machine.
i can click on it and it shows me a que for the printer.
it says its connected but never prints anything.
i can even go in the options and look at everything just not print.

please help.

p.s. it does print from the computer its connected to via usb.
 

My Computer

Can you fill in your specs?

In Vista before SP1 you had to make a virtual port to connect to a printer over the network. But I don't know if you have any SP since it just says 32 bit.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion m9515y
    CPU
    Phenom X4 9850
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Some Radeon Cheapie with 512 MB Ram
    Monitor(s) Displays
    CRT
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    750 GB SATA 3G
    2 SIIG Superspeed docks w/WD Caviar Black Sata II or III
Can you fill in your specs?

In Vista before SP1 you had to make a virtual port to connect to a printer over the network. But I don't know if you have any SP since it just says 32 bit.

sorry its Vista 32 bit service pack 2
dell inspiron 531s

the printer is a officejet k80 all in one printer/fax/scanner

its connected via a usb on a windows xp service pack 2 machine
 

My Computer

Your best bet may be this site:
HP Business Support Center

Don't be put off by "business" support. It's free advice from volunteers like here. Except these people all have HP equipment. I found some answers there(I've had a bunch of HP desktop PCs in a row) that I could not find anywhere else.

The only drivers I find for it say Win95. Did they even have USB when Win95 was out? I don't remember! Anyway, doesn't sound promising. But try the HP support and see what happens. Only take a minute to sign up and they accept like hotmail address if you don't want to give out your ISP email account.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion m9515y
    CPU
    Phenom X4 9850
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Some Radeon Cheapie with 512 MB Ram
    Monitor(s) Displays
    CRT
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    750 GB SATA 3G
    2 SIIG Superspeed docks w/WD Caviar Black Sata II or III
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