XP and Vista Printer Sharing

On Tue, 8 Jan 2008 14:29:00 -0800, Matthew S. Armshaw
<MatthewSArmshaw@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I've bee ntrying to share a HP printer attached to a gateway desktop with a
>gateway laptop running vista attached to a cisco router. way desktop running
>XP home edition with a gateway laptop running Vista home premium. I've had
>little luck.
>
>I've installed the printer drivers on both cpus.
>I've set the printer to sharing on the desktop.
>I've looked for the printer in the network sharing center.
>
>Maybe you could give me a step-by-step?
>
>Matthew S. Armshaw

Matthew,

Sharing a printer is sometimes a bit more complicated than sharing a file. Each
printer vendor writes their drivers differently from others, and that will
affect the installation process.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/05/file-sharing-and-printer-sharing-are.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/0...aring-are.html

When you're trying to access a printer shared by another computer, from a
computer running Vista, you may be better off creating a local port for the
printer under Vista.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/06/network-printing-from-windows-vista.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/0...ows-vista.html

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