Re: Problems printing via a LAN

Tried that too! It's a weird one, because I know the laptop can see
the printer - it has the right shared name under Properties - it just
doesn't want to print to it.


On 28 Feb, 16:36, RajKohli <RajKo...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I think you need to reinstall the printer on your Laptop, not the Desktop.
Delete the previous installed printer on your Laptop and try reinstalling it.

Hope this help, let us know!

"alan" wrote:
On 28 Feb, 12:26, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
"alan" <alan.ro...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

news:1172662345.006277.72170@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I have an XP desktop connected to an HP 3650 printer, which is shared.
I'm running a simple wireless LAN (3Com) with two laptops which use
the printer and an internet connection. Up until now this has given us
no trouble, but now suddenly I can't print from one of the laptops,
even a test page. The message given is "Test page failed to print" or
for a normal print "Windows failed to print because of a problem in
the print set-up". The printer still works on the desktop and,
bizarrely, the other laptop. The network seems to be working fine in
other respects - I can still access the internet and see shared files
and folders, and I can ping the desktop from the laptop.

The thing that seems to have triggered this is that I installed a
program called 'Ink Saver' on the desktop. I have now uninstalled it
and done a 'system restore' but that hasn't solved the problem.

All suggestions considered.

Try uninstalling & reinstalling the printer.

Tried that with no change. Thanks anyway.


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