Re: Setting up Network Printer

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John wrote:

> Hi all,
> I have a few pcs using Win XP-Pro in a pier-to-pier work group. I'm
> rying to setup a printer accross the net work, and when I typed in the
> address of the printer os on another pc, eg. \\192.168.1.1 and right
> click on the
> Printer and select Connect. An error message come up:
>
> "Window cannot connect to the printer. Either the printer name was
> typed incorrectly, or the specified printer has lost its connection to
> the server"
>
> Have any one have seen this problem before? I tried google but
> couldn't find
> a solution. Please help!! TIA
>

This is a networked printer, right? Are you doing it this way?

>From the Printer applet - Add New Printer
Choose Local Printer (not network printer)
New Port - Standard TCP/IP
Now the TCP/IP wizard should start up. Put in the IP address of the
printer.
And so on.

What is the printer/make model? Does it give instructions how to install
it on your network? Please give more details about the printer and how
you have installed it.

Malke
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