Network printer appears as USB?

[Fred Marshall]

I've installed a network printer on one of the clients on a small LAN.
The printer is hosted on another computer.
It's connected via USB on the host computer.

The installation on the client shows that the printer is a USB printer
instead of a network printer.
That seems like it will confuse people working on this computer.

Nothing seems to change this.
For example, adding a new printer to the client, finding the network
printer, installing it will result in a new printer that's connected to a
port called "USB - xxxxxxxxx"

Is this normal? If so, why?

Thanks,

Fred

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

What is the Shared Name of the printer that the PCs are connecting to?

Cari
www.coribright.com

"Fred Marshall" > wrote in message
...
> I've installed a network printer on one of the clients on a small LAN.
> The printer is hosted on another computer.
> It's connected via USB on the host computer.
>
> The installation on the client shows that the printer is a USB printer
> instead of a network printer.
> That seems like it will confuse people working on this computer.
>
> Nothing seems to change this.
> For example, adding a new printer to the client, finding the network
> printer, installing it will result in a new printer that's connected to a
> port called "USB - xxxxxxxxx"
>
> Is this normal? If so, why?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Fred
>
>

[Fred Marshall]

Cari,

Thanks for the reply.

The *only* connection on the XP client is Ethernet - it's a laptop.

There are two networked printers used by this client that are both hosted on
one other computer.
Here's the information on each. The first one is the one in question:

XP client:
Port: USB-LexmarkX83 ??????????
Description: Printer Port ??????????
Printer: Lexmark X83 Color

Share name on the host: Lexmark X83 Color

There's another printer connected via the netowork using the same host
computer:

On the same client as above:

Port: \\LIONHEART\Brother HL-1250 Laser
Description: Local Port
Printer: Brother HL-1250 on LIONHEART

Share name on the host: Brother HL-1250 Laser



"Cari (MS-MVP)" > wrote in message
...
> What is the Shared Name of the printer that the PCs are connecting to?
>
> Cari
> www.coribright.com
>
> "Fred Marshall" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I've installed a network printer on one of the clients on a small LAN.
> > The printer is hosted on another computer.
> > It's connected via USB on the host computer.
> >
> > The installation on the client shows that the printer is a USB printer
> > instead of a network printer.
> > That seems like it will confuse people working on this computer.
> >
> > Nothing seems to change this.
> > For example, adding a new printer to the client, finding the network
> > printer, installing it will result in a new printer that's connected to
a
> > port called "USB - xxxxxxxxx"
> >
> > Is this normal? If so, why?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Fred
> >
> >
>
>

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

The shared names should be no more than 12 characters/number, with no spaces
in it and no illegal characters, including, but not limited to, _, - and *.
Try shortening the shared names of the printers!

Cari
www.coribright.com

"Fred Marshall" > wrote in message
...
> Cari,
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> The *only* connection on the XP client is Ethernet - it's a laptop.
>
> There are two networked printers used by this client that are both hosted
on
> one other computer.
> Here's the information on each. The first one is the one in question:
>
> XP client:
> Port: USB-LexmarkX83 ??????????
> Description: Printer Port ??????????
> Printer: Lexmark X83 Color
>
> Share name on the host: Lexmark X83 Color
>
> There's another printer connected via the netowork using the same host
> computer:
>
> On the same client as above:
>
> Port: \\LIONHEART\Brother HL-1250 Laser
> Description: Local Port
> Printer: Brother HL-1250 on LIONHEART
>
> Share name on the host: Brother HL-1250 Laser
>
>
>
> "Cari (MS-MVP)" > wrote in message
> ...
> > What is the Shared Name of the printer that the PCs are connecting to?
> >
> > Cari
> > www.coribright.com
> >
> > "Fred Marshall" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > I've installed a network printer on one of the clients on a small LAN.
> > > The printer is hosted on another computer.
> > > It's connected via USB on the host computer.
> > >
> > > The installation on the client shows that the printer is a USB printer
> > > instead of a network printer.
> > > That seems like it will confuse people working on this computer.
> > >
> > > Nothing seems to change this.
> > > For example, adding a new printer to the client, finding the network
> > > printer, installing it will result in a new printer that's connected
to
> a
> > > port called "USB - xxxxxxxxx"
> > >
> > > Is this normal? If so, why?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Fred
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

[Fred Marshall]

Cari,

Using a "legal" share name for the printer in question has no effect. It
does work but the Port seems strange in that it says USB-Lexmark83 instead
of something like \\LIONHEART\Lexmark83

Fred

"Cari (MS-MVP)" > wrote in message
...
> The shared names should be no more than 12 characters/number, with no
spaces
> in it and no illegal characters, including, but not limited to, _, - and
*.
> Try shortening the shared names of the printers!
>
> Cari
> www.coribright.com
>
> "Fred Marshall" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Cari,
> >
> > Thanks for the reply.
> >
> > The *only* connection on the XP client is Ethernet - it's a laptop.
> >
> > There are two networked printers used by this client that are both
hosted
> on
> > one other computer.
> > Here's the information on each. The first one is the one in question:
> >
> > XP client:
> > Port: USB-LexmarkX83 ??????????
> > Description: Printer Port ??????????
> > Printer: Lexmark X83 Color
> >
> > Share name on the host: Lexmark X83 Color
> >
> > There's another printer connected via the netowork using the same host
> > computer:
> >
> > On the same client as above:
> >
> > Port: \\LIONHEART\Brother HL-1250 Laser
> > Description: Local Port
> > Printer: Brother HL-1250 on LIONHEART
> >
> > Share name on the host: Brother HL-1250 Laser
> >
> >
> >
> > "Cari (MS-MVP)" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > What is the Shared Name of the printer that the PCs are connecting to?
> > >
> > > Cari
> > > www.coribright.com
> > >
> > > "Fred Marshall" > wrote in message
> > > ...
> > > > I've installed a network printer on one of the clients on a small
LAN.
> > > > The printer is hosted on another computer.
> > > > It's connected via USB on the host computer.
> > > >
> > > > The installation on the client shows that the printer is a USB
printer
> > > > instead of a network printer.
> > > > That seems like it will confuse people working on this computer.
> > > >
> > > > Nothing seems to change this.
> > > > For example, adding a new printer to the client, finding the network
> > > > printer, installing it will result in a new printer that's connected
> to
> > a
> > > > port called "USB - xxxxxxxxx"
> > > >
> > > > Is this normal? If so, why?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Fred
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>