I feel like a Dumb Bunny for asking this question, but I have spent hours
trying to get two different Vista machines to connect to two different
printers connected via an Airlink101 Print Server.
The print server is connected to a Lan which has Win2K and WinXP machines.
Everybody is happy with the print server except Vista. I can see the
printers just fine, but when I try to connect I get a "Windows cannot
connect
to the printer. Make sure that you have typed the name correctly, and
that
the printer is connected to the network."
If I cheat by typing in the printers name or IP address, I can actually
add
the printer and even set it to default, but then it fails on print.
Am I missing something basic in my setups or is Vista and the Arirlink101
print server not friendly?
Thanks for any help or suggestions.
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Another satisfied Microsoft user! (mostly)
Install Vista printer drivers on your Vista Machines.
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Re: Repairing Vista Problems ... Make sure to disconnect printers and other peripherals while you do this, ... aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP... single time I rebooted Vista would not be able to find them anymore. ...Vista Boot DVD, which I didn't have with me. ... (microsoft.public.windows.vista.general)
Re: Printers keep disapearing ... If you are referring to the connection objects which enable AD Replication...print server has the printers published in AD, ... (microsoft.public.windows.server.active_directory)
Re: Not sure where to post this - Print server functionality ... Couldn't y'all use a Unix or VMS box to serve them up via LPR?... I can define a PC at each site as a print server, define the printers on that print server and deploy the printers via Group Policy, but the down sides are the usual concerning if the PC is turned off, if the PC gets hit by a virus and has to be sent up here to be rebuilt, all the usual. ...Spool its own jobs. ... (microsoft.public.windows.server.general)
