Re: Windows 98 won't connect w/ XP printer on network; file sharing OK
From: Steve Winograd [MVP] (winograd_at_pobox.com)
Date: 12/08/04
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Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 12:23:43 -0700
In article <1260DD66-ABD5-44C0-9C83-6D3290678784@microsoft.com>, LP
stereo <LPstereo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>When I try to print from my Windows 98 desktop to the Lexmark Z22 printer
>connected to my XP Home laptop, I get the error message "Printer Not Ready.
>Cannot communicate with printer..."
>
>On the W98 computer:
> Printer Port is LPT1
> Sharing is On; shared name matches XP setting
> Spooling is checked.
> Shared computer is set as default printer.
> Enable bidirectional support is checked.
>
>On the XP computer:
> Printer Port is LPT1
> Sharing is On; shared name matches W98 setting
> Spooling is checked.
>
>I have the two desktops and an ADSL modem linked via ethernet cables to a
>Netgear switch. I ran the Windows XP Network Setup Wizard on Computer 1
>first, then used the XP CD on the second computer as instructed before
>running the wizard there. File sharing WORKS. Norten firewall is off, Windows
>firewall is on.
>
>Under printer properties, I was prompted by the following message: "If this
>printer is shared with other computers running different versions of Windows,
>you may want to install additional drivers so that the users do not have to
>find the print driver when they connect to the shared printer."
>
>Wondering if this was the problem, I checked Intel-Windows 98 and clicked
>OK. It then asks where to get the driver from. So I loaded the printer
>installation CD but got the message that it’s not digitally signed for
>Windows XP and all sorts of bad things could happen if I install it. So I
>didn't.
>
>Is it safe to load the driver? Could this be my problem or can I look
>elsewhere for the solution?
>
>One previous message suggested that Lexmark printers can't handle networking
>across different OS's. Is this true?
>
>THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!
You've apparently installed the printer on W98 as a local printer
connected to the LPT1 parallel port. That won't work.
Un-install the printer, then click "Add Printer" and install it as a
network printer. Specify the network path as "\\computer\printer",
where "computer" is the XP computer's name, and "printer" is the
printer's share name as assigned on the XP computer.
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