printer sharing problem xp to vist

Posted: 08-23-2007, 11:32 PM
I have my hp 7960 installed on my xp machine but I can't connect to it
through the network from my vista machine. I can share all files and folders,
etc. just not the printer. I get an error "windows cannot connect to the
printer. the specified print monitor is unknown". I have no problems sharing
my hp 430 designjet, connect without a problem. Any help would be appreciated.

thanks

carl
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RE: printer sharing problem xp to vist
Posted: 08-24-2007, 01:54 AM
I have a similiar problem. I can not connect to my HP laserjet 1200 printer
connected to my desktop computer running windows XP from my HP laptop
running Windows Vista. I can see all other shared folders and can see the
printer but when I try to connect I get the message "windows cannot connect
to the printer: access is denied". Note: did not have a problem with my old
windows XP laptop and i updated the drivers on both machines.

"carlarch" wrote:
> I have my hp 7960 installed on my xp machine but I can't connect to it
> through the network from my vista machine. I can share all files and folders,
> etc. just not the printer. I get an error "windows cannot connect to the
> printer. the specified print monitor is unknown". I have no problems sharing
> my hp 430 designjet, connect without a problem. Any help would be appreciated.
>
> thanks
>
> carl
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Re: printer sharing problem xp to vist
Posted: 08-24-2007, 02:36 AM
carlarch wrote:
> I have my hp 7960 installed on my xp machine but I can't connect to it
> through the network from my vista machine. I can share all files and folders,
> etc. just not the printer. I get an error "windows cannot connect to the
> printer. the specified print monitor is unknown". I have no problems sharing
> my hp 430 designjet, connect without a problem. Any help would be appreciated.
Did you install the Vista drivers from HP on your Vista machine? If you
didn't, that's your next step.


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Re: printer sharing problem xp to vist
Posted: 08-24-2007, 02:22 PM
I did install the vista drivers on the vista machine but it always goes back
to the xp machine to get the drivers when I try to set up the connection for
the network printer.

"Malke" wrote:
> carlarch wrote:
> > I have my hp 7960 installed on my xp machine but I can't connect to it
> > through the network from my vista machine. I can share all files and folders,
> > etc. just not the printer. I get an error "windows cannot connect to the
> > printer. the specified print monitor is unknown". I have no problems sharing
> > my hp 430 designjet, connect without a problem. Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Did you install the Vista drivers from HP on your Vista machine? If you
> didn't, that's your next step.
>
>
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Posted: 08-24-2007, 02:53 PM
carlarch wrote:
> I did install the vista drivers on the vista machine but it always goes back
> to the xp machine to get the drivers when I try to set up the connection for
> the network printer.
It should not do that. Remove all the HP printer stuff from your Vista
machine. Now install the Vista drivers (which you will get from HP's
website). Here are links to HP's instructions how to install the printer
in a network:

Installing the Printer on a Wired Network Using the Drivers Provided in
the Windows Vista Operating System
http://tinyurl.com/2wqttw

Setting Up the Printer in a Locally Shared Environment
http://tinyurl.com/2vcg7z


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RE: printer sharing problem xp to vist
Posted: 08-25-2007, 05:50 PM
After about 15 hrs. of trying to get my vista laptop to print through my xp
desktop via wireless router, I finally found this free download. It works
great. You need to download the software to both machines. Hope this helps.
http://www.networkmagic.com/

"carlarch" wrote:
> I have my hp 7960 installed on my xp machine but I can't connect to it
> through the network from my vista machine. I can share all files and folders,
> etc. just not the printer. I get an error "windows cannot connect to the
> printer. the specified print monitor is unknown". I have no problems sharing
> my hp 430 designjet, connect without a problem. Any help would be appreciated.
>
> thanks
>
> carl
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Posted: 08-25-2007, 05:58 PM
After approx. 15 hrs. of getting "access denied" trying to get my vista
laptop to print through my xp machine via wireless router, I finally found
this free download. It may not be the same error message as yours but I
think this will work. You will need to install on both machines. It works
perfect on my system! Here's the address. http://www.networkmagic.com/

"carlarch" wrote:
> I have my hp 7960 installed on my xp machine but I can't connect to it
> through the network from my vista machine. I can share all files and folders,
> etc. just not the printer. I get an error "windows cannot connect to the
> printer. the specified print monitor is unknown". I have no problems sharing
> my hp 430 designjet, connect without a problem. Any help would be appreciated.
>
> thanks
>
> carl
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Re: printer sharing problem xp to vist
Posted: 08-25-2007, 08:42 PM
Strycar wrote:
> After approx. 15 hrs. of getting "access denied" trying to get my vista
> laptop to print through my xp machine via wireless router, I finally found
> this free download. It may not be the same error message as yours but I
> think this will work. You will need to install on both machines. It works
> perfect on my system! Here's the address. http://www.networkmagic.com/
I'm sorry that you had such a hard time networking your computers. I'm
glad you found a solution, but for most people a third-party program is
unnecessary.


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