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Printer Sharing... by lordy on 07-14-2006 at 05:29 AM
Before my mum got her new computer we had it set up so that my computer would use the printer hooked up to her computer through the network, now since she got her new computer I can't get it to work 
her computer is running Windows Media Center Edition, her old one was running XP Pro. Mine is running XP Pro.
In the printer setup on her computer I've set it to allow sharing for the printer that I want to print from, but when I go to set it up from my comptuer I get this:
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Connect to Printer
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Windows cannot connect to the printer. Either the printer name was typed incorrectly, or the specified printer has lost its connection to the server. For more information, click Help.
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OK Help
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I've double and triple checked the printer name but it still doens't work 
any suggestions?
RE: Printer Sharing... by markee on 07-14-2006 at 05:34 AM
Have you tried to reinstall the drivers so that it is set up to the right computer. The path to the pinter should be \\{Computer Name}\{Printer Name} if it is still set up for the old computer then it might not work
RE: Printer Sharing... by lordy on 07-14-2006 at 05:46 AM
Yes I completely removed the printer from my computer and then tried to re-add it, but it wouldn't work
RE: Printer Sharing... by Chestah on 07-14-2006 at 11:35 AM
Its probably a permissions problem. IE: i went to setup mums printer 2 minutes ago and it said the same thing. Try messing around with the sharing permissions 
RE: Printer Sharing... by Nathan on 07-14-2006 at 11:37 AM
Have you made sure she allows it on her pc.
So tick allow this printer to be shared on hewr pc.
RE: Printer Sharing... by lordy on 07-14-2006 at 11:38 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Nathan
Have you made sure she allows it on her pc.
So tick allow this printer to be shared on hewr pc.
quote:
Originally posted by lordy
In the printer setup on her computer I've set it to allow sharing for the printer
RE: Printer Sharing... by lordy on 07-14-2006 at 11:47 AM
quote:Thanks for the idea but I obviously checked that
Originally posted by Dazmatic
Had another idea, has your mum got a firewall like norton or something on her pc, the firewall might be blocking the sharing.
It has it all enabled, but I've just tweaked some settings and I'll see if it works now
RE: Printer Sharing... by lordy on 07-14-2006 at 12:03 PM
OK well i ended up turning all firewalls off and it still didn't work ¬¬
RE: Printer Sharing... by YottabyteWizard on 07-14-2006 at 04:12 PM
Try using IP, instead of the computer name.
RE: Printer Sharing... by kotjze on 07-14-2006 at 04:29 PM
Hmmm, have you tried using "Browse for a printer"? That always lists the printer for me, and it worked for each computer on my network <3
RE: Printer Sharing... by lordy on 07-15-2006 at 10:14 AM
quote:yes, i did do that. either way I downloaded a program called Network Magic and everything works fine now
Originally posted by Kotjze
Hmmm, have you tried using "Browse for a printer"? That always lists the printer for me, and it worked for each computer on my network <3