shared printer won't print
I have a shared printer on my desktop computer which has windows 7 The printer works fine printing from my laptop which has windows vista. I installed the shared printer on my wifes laptop which has windows 7 and it installed fine but will not print test page or anything. I deleted it and reinstalled several times and still nothing. How come it works on my laptop and not hers?
May 22nd, 2010 12:27am

On Fri, 21 May 2010 21:27:45 +0000, Pacman1_63 wrote: > I have a shared printer on my desktop computer which has windows 7 The printer works fine printing from my laptop which has windows vista. I installed the shared printer on my wifes laptop which has windows 7 and it installed fine but will not print test page or anything. I deleted it and reinstalled several times and still nothing. > > How come it works on my laptop and not hers? Is your wife trying to get to it via a homegroup? You can't do that. Change it to do a workgroup. Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Ken Blake
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May 22nd, 2010 1:11am

alternatively, try to plug the printer to your wife's Windows 7 and test the printing job directly, this method can check the driver whether corrupted or not.a245ac8356cd89088a3a0e0536223c20 56cd89088a3a0e05 c093d70f088499c3a837cae00c042f14
May 22nd, 2010 3:13pm

Hi, What is the model of your printer? I would like to suggest you follow the following article to configure the printer sharing: Networking home computers running different versions of Windows If it does not work, you may also try the following steps to share the printer: 1. Click Start, search for Add a printer and press Enter. 3. Choose Add a local printer and click on Create a new port. 4. Select Local Port and click Next. 5. Type in the \\computer name\printer name 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 Does it work? Regards, Arthur Li - MSFT
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May 24th, 2010 9:09am

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