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
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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.
>
> For the W98 PC, once the PC is networked. (If the printer is connected to
> this PC).
>
> 1. With printer off> Start Button (or Control Panel)> Printers> Delete any
> instances of that Printer listed.
> 2. Reinstall W98 driver/software for that Printer. During set-up you
> should
> have a choose to install printer as a local or network printer. Select
> Network Printer. During installation you will be required to turn on
> printer, do so.
> 3. Go back to Step one> Make sure Printer's name is less than 12
> characters
> and no spaces in name. Also turn on Sharing function.
> a. Right click Printer icon> Rename> change name (if necessary).
> b. Right click Printer icon> Properties> Select Enable Sharing> and
> make
> sure the printer is set to networked.
> 4. Reboot PC.
>
> For the XP PC's (You will need to do this with each XP PC):
>
> 1. On the XP PC's, do you have the XP driver/software for the printer
> installed. Be aware that if the printer is an All-in-One, many times, the
> scanning feature of the printer can not be used by networked PC's.
> 2. On the XP PC's make sure that that the firewall is allowing printer and
> file sharing. If using MS Firewall check the following, especially if you
> recently installed XP SP2, or any updates. For third party software, you
> will need to check its Tools/Options/Preferences tab.
> For MS Firewall> Control Panel> Security> Firewall settings> Exceptions
> tab>
> Select File & Printing Sharing.
> 3. Start button (or Control Panel)> Printers & Faxes> Delete any reference
> to the W98 Printer.
> 4. With W98 printer on> Select Add a Printer> Run the Wizard by browsing
> over the network until you reach the W98 PC and it's printer. Again as
> with
> the W98 Printer Icon, make sure that the Printer's name is less than 12
> characters, w/o spaces.
> 5. Reboot PC.
>
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> "Neil Cameron" <ncameron@msn.com> 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?
>
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> 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,
>>
>
>