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the sharing printer problem


argon007

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A-COMPUTER (with hp officejet v40 printer, Windows XP SP2)

B-NOTEBOOK (Windows Vista Home Premium)

I want to share the printer of A to B, the B installed the sharing printer and setup one.

However, it can print out within A, but it can't print out when B wants to print.

What is wrong with that?

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You're not very clear about what the problem is. "the B installed the sharing printer and setup one" is not really understandable. Could you even set it up as printer ? Could you print a test page at the end of setup? What's the error message if any ? Is it setup as local or remote/network printer ?

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You're not very clear about what the problem is. "the B installed the sharing printer and setup one" is not really understandable. Could you even set it up as printer ? Could you print a test page at the end of setup? What's the error message if any ? Is it setup as local or remote/network printer ?

1. yes

2. No

3. No, there is not any.

4.remote/network

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Try this:

1. Make sure turn on Files & Printers SHARE on both A & B.

2. Turn off Firewall or open port on your LAN in windows firewall exeptions.

3. Change workgroup on both A & B as the same domain name: (example: workgroup) or you can use Network ID wizard, Vista will helps you to enable share File & Printer.

4. Ping your from B to A. (start - run - type: cmd then type ping A local IP (example A IP: ping 192.168.1.10), if you getting all reply means B contact A direct connection.

5. Reboot A+B and unshare/re-share A printer again to see if it works.

Simple way to share from WinXP (just enable Use Simple File Sharing) Tools -> Folder Options -> View -> checkmark at the very bottom.

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