Re: Accessing Printer on Wireless Network

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From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 11/01/04 

Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 08:10:16 -0500

DAVID Y wrote:
> The error message is:
> "Could not connect to the printer. You either entered a
> printer name that was incorrect or the specified printer
> is no longer connected to the server."
> This is after trying to load the printer from the desktop
> shared folder. I can see the network folders on the
> desktop, I can ping the desktop, just can't load the
> printer.
> Thanks.

If you browse to the printer share on the desktop, can you right-click on it
and connect?

>> -----Original Message-----
>> DAVID Y wrote:
>>> I am having difficulty accessing a USB printer that
>>> resides on my Windows XP Home desktop.
>>> My Windows 2000 Pro can see the printer on the network but
>>> consistently gives an error message when I attempt to
>>> instal it.
>>
>> What is the error message?
>>
>>> Occassionally it works but when the laptop re-
>>> boots the printer is lost again.
>>
>> Are you losing any other connections to shared drives, etc., on the
>> desktop?
>>
>>> The printer is a HP PSC 2175 All-in-one, the windows
>>> firewall has been disabled and the printer software has
>>> been uninstalled and re-installed on both. The only
>>> firewall is the one that resides on my Linksys WAG54G
>>> router ASDL modem.
>>>
>>> If anyone has any ideas it would be much appreciated as I
>>> am running out of hair to pull out.
>>
>>
>> .

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