Can't connect a Windows 7 computer to a printer on a Vista computer on network
There are 5 computers in the network 2 are Windows 7 the rest Vista, the network is over a netgear WGR614 The host is a Windows 7 machine, File sharing is working well on all machines Sharing is turned on for all machines and password protected sharing is off. Sharing of a printer connected to the other Windows 7 machine works fine for all machines. Connecting the Vista machines to a printer on a Vista machine works. However when I try to connect the Windows 7 machines to the Vista machine printer I get the connection window running for a long time (30-40 minutes ) and then get the message "Can't connect to the printer". Trying to install the printer as a local port with the \\computer\printer as the port returns "Access Denied" The printers are the same model Brother MFC-9440 so the driver is already on all machines I have read the other posts on problems like mine and it appears I have tried all suggested remedies. I have not disabled firewalls but they are all using the windows firewall, could their be a problem sharing from Vista to Windows 7 ? Printer sharthat
June 29th, 2010 2:07am

Hi, To add the network printer on Windows 7 machine, I suggest you perform the following steps. 1. Click “Devices and Printers”. 2. Click “Add a printer”. 3. Choose “Add a local printer” and click on “Create a new port”. 4. Select “Local Port” and click “Next”. 5. Type in "[\\computer name\printer name]" (without quotation marks) for the Port Name and click “OK”. Example: If the computer you wish to connect to is named ComputerA and the printer is called PrinterA then the path would be \\ComputerA\PrinterA 6. Please select a correct driver from the list. If the model is not listed, please click the “Windows Update” button. Wait for the process finishes and try to find the driver again. Thanks, Novak Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.
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July 1st, 2010 4:56am

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