Please confirm: using an XP USB printer over LAN

Posted: 06-16-2007, 08:57 AM

Qu0ll

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Just to be sure, I would like someone to verify that if I have a
Vista-compatible printer connected to a USB port of an XP machine then I can
print to it from a Vista machine connected to the same domain if that
printer is shared on the XP machine and the drivers are installed on the
Vista machine.

Is this definitely correct?

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Kerry Brown

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Re: Please confirm: using an XP USB printer over LAN

Posted: 06-16-2007, 03:09 PM

"Qu0ll" <Qu0llSixFour@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Just to be sure, I would like someone to verify that if I have a
> Vista-compatible printer connected to a USB port of an XP machine then I
> can print to it from a Vista machine connected to the same domain if that
> printer is shared on the XP machine and the drivers are installed on the
> Vista machine.
>
> Is this definitely correct?
>

It depends on the printer driver. Not all USB printers will work over a
network. Some expect direct two way communications. You would have to
contact the printer manufacturer to see if yours will work when networked.

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