[pchelpers] Re: printer, had it shared, now it won't share again

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Hi Re-Na,

Sunday, February 27, 2005, 1:47:01 AM, you wrote:

GRH> I've been having the same thing happen over and over.  Maybe it's all
GRH> because of sp2, I don't know.

GRH> Now when I install my printer, it can't find the port on install and so
GRH> it by default puts it at the lpt 1 port.

Does the printer work?  If not, then it may be on the wrong port.

Does the printer not get detected automatically when you connect it
and turn it on?

If it's not working on the desktop, then there's little point in
trying to connect to it from the laptop.


GRH> Then when I share the printer, and go to 'add a printer' on a remote pc,
GRH> it can't find it.
GRH> It says it must have lost it's connection with the server or is typed 
wrong.
GRH> It doesn't tell me what to do of course! hehe

GRH> It browses for the printer.  It see's the name of my other computer. My
GRH> desktop one that has the printer connected to it.

Is there a plus sign next to the name of your computer?  Click on it,
and the printer name should be shown.


GRH>  It has a box where I am suppose to type in the name.
GRH> My printer is an hp deskjet 990cse.  I put it's name on the desktop pc
GRH> as hp990.
GRH> So, in the wizard I've tried all kinds of combinations to put in that
GRH> box like:
GRH> //hp deskjet 990cse/hp990
GRH> //tawrena-7-2003/hp990

You need to use backslashes, not forward slashes.  But, you should be
able to see the printer name in the step up above.


GRH> <that tawrena-7-2003 is the name of the desktop pc, and it is what it
GRH> DOES see when it does the browse for printer in the wizard>

GRH> I'm at a loss as to what to do to ever get this shared again.

GRH> I think it was in November that I had it all working great. Then out of
GRH> the blue one day I got a spooling error and it could not find the
GRH> printer so what do I do, I go and delete the shared printer. Same error
GRH> on pc #3 so I deleted the remote printer sharing on it too. It's been
GRH> 'let the fun begin, sigh' ever since.

Did you follow the list of repair steps that I sent you?

-- 
Scott (off to bed).




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