Re: Vista print problem with shared XP printer


"Ken Varn" <varnk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23i7vT%23k3IHA.2064@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I am at my wits end trying to fix this. Please can someone give me some advice on how to get this working.

What you should do if you have a router in play here is go get a print server that works with Vista and XP, plug the print server into a LAN port on the router, and plug the printer into the print server. That way, the printer is on the network and no computer hosts the printer with each one being able to print to the printer connected to the print server individually.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_server

Print servers are cheap. I got one a couple of years ago, and the Linux and Windows machines on the network sent the printout to the print server and to the printer to be printed

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