Shared printer will not install driver
I have 2 laptops that are supossedly the same Dell 1545 w/ W7 Home Premium x64. On mine the HP5150 installes localy (USB) and picks up the share with no problem. On my wifes though it install localy (USB) as a 5100, but when I try to connect to the share it says it cannot load the driver. I have even tried to force driver load but it says it doesn't exsist. Any tips as to what I am missing?
July 13th, 2010 4:42pm

Do both laptops have the same operating system? And what do you exactly mean by connecting to the share? Do you mean sharing the printer? MCT, MCSA/MCSE Security http://esitech.spaces.live.com/
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July 13th, 2010 7:21pm

Did you read my post???? I HAVE 2 LAPTOPS RUNNING THE SAME OS! ( Windows 7 home permium 64 bit) 1 loads the driver correctly and connects to the shared printer OK. The 2nd one loads a diffrent driver and will not load the same driver for the shared printer. The shared printer is my desk top that has my cable modem and Cisco WiFi router attached. The desk top system is running Vista and has the HP DJ5150 connected via USB. I say again one laptop will load locally and shared to this printer with no problem. The second laptop will load locally but will not install the 5100 driver for the share to work. This system will not let me load a driver for the shared printer manualy either.
July 13th, 2010 8:44pm

scooter, browse to the box with the shared priner, highlite it and right click, select cnnect rom the drop down give it a few mins to do it's thing, click yes /OK to the popups
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July 14th, 2010 1:30am

Hi, Did you receive any error message during manually installing the driver? First of all, If any printer driver was installed on the problematic PC, I suggest remove the driver via Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Programs and Features completely. I suggest downloading the latest printer driver and following the steps described here to install the driver. Regards,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.
July 16th, 2010 11:06am

Ok this is what you need to do. In windows 7 under Devices and Printers, Select Add Printer Select Add a local Printer Leave it as the LPT1:(Printer Port) > Next Find your Manufacturer > Selct it > Select Windows Update *Note: You must select your pritner brand before you select Windows Update Let it update the driver list Find your driver Click Next
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July 22nd, 2010 12:04am

Thanks Bsharpe, I had to run the windows update twice but it finally found the DJ5150 driver and the share is also now functioning properly. Appreciate the help.
July 22nd, 2010 3:29pm

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