Re: DHCP Breaks XP Network Printing
- From: "RRR_News" <rrr_news@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2005 18:52:18 -0400
Neil,
No, that is how my network is set up also.
1.Get your PC's networked together and make sure that you can share files
between them.
2. On the (HOST) PC that you have the printer connected to:
a. Installed the printer's drivers/software.
b. Make sure that it is set as a network printer not a local printer.
Control Panel> Printers & Faxes> Right click printer icon> Properties>
Sharing> Make sure it is selected as a Network Printer.
c. Also that the name of the printer contains less than 12 characters,
and no spaces in the name.
Control Panel> Printers & Faxes> Check name of printer> Right-click> Rename
it as instructed above.
3.With the printer "on". (This is the easiest way I found to do this).
a. Go to your other (CLIENT) network PC's one by one, install the
appropriate printer driver/software for that PC's OS.
b. Once it is installed. Goto> Control Panel> Printers & Faxes> Right
click the printer icon> Delete it.
c. Select Add Printer> Browse to XP PC w/printer> Select it. Apply/OK.
*It will probably ask you run a test page, I would, to make sure that
connection is good. Remember with Wireless PC's/Laptops the job may take a
little longer so wait until it completes.
**Again remember if the printer is an All-in-One> The scanning/copying
features may not be network compatible. So you will need to scan/copy, using
the HOST PC.
***Remember if you reinstall/upgrade the drivers/software on the HOST PC,
you may need to repeat steps #2 & #3 for all your PC's on the network. If
the reinstall/upgrade is for a CLIENT PC, then you should repeat step #3 on
that PC.
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"Neil Cameron" <ncameron@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I think I may have misled you; the printer is attached to one of the Win XP
PCs, not the Win 98 PC - does that make a difference?
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Neil
"RRR_News" <rrr_news@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Neil,
> I noticed one time if I reinstalled or updated the printer drivers, the
> name
> of the Printer was changed back to the OEM name. You need to make sure
> that
> the Printer name on the W98 is less than 12 characters long and that there
> are no spaces in the name. So first you will need to add the W98 PC back
> to
> the Workgroup.
>
>
>
> "Neil Cameron" <ncameron@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> But they co-existed happily before.
> Anyway, I've taken the Win 98 PC off the netwotrk and it doesn't help.
> What else can get in the way of printing to a printer attached locally to
> a
> networked PC?
>
> --
> Neil
>
>
>>>I mean that my in my home network all the PCs had fixed IP addresses; I
>>>could never get the DHCP server of my previous ISDN Router to work
>>>properly.
>>>I have gone ADSL and the DHCP server in my new Router works fine, so I've
>>>switched to Dynamic IP addresses for my various PCs.
>>>One is the main desktop, to which the printer is attached. Then there is
>>>a
>>>hard-wired networked Win 98 PC, and a hard-wired Win XP PC. I have two
>>>Wi-Fi WAPs to which three Win XP laptops connect quite happily.
>>>I originally though the problem was Wi-Fi related, as it occurred with
>>>the
>>>laptops first, and I tested printing from the main desktop and the Win 98
>>>machine and they were OK. Today I tried to print from the other hard
>>>networked Win XP machine and that won't work either.
>>>They will appear to see it, and connect and install the driver - but they
>>>just won't print. Not even the Test Page.
>>>Does that help?
>>
>> Neil,
>>
>
>
.
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