usb network printer

[Hartnett]

I have a peer to peer network that has 3 XP Pro
computers. One of the XP's has a shared HP1000 laserjet
Usb printer attached to it. The printer works on the
attached computer, but does not work for the networked
computers.
If I let the other computers automatically install the
printer it uses a Virtual Usb port. I try a test print,
but nothing happens.
If I install the printer manually, it uses the
\\computername\printer port, but it gives me a printer
error when I try to print a test page.
I have uninstalled and re-installed the drivers on all
three computers, but that did not help.
Any ideas?

[Cari MS-MVP]

See Bruce Sanderson's article at
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/NetPrinterAllUsers.htm

Cari
www.coribright.com


"Hartnett" > wrote in message
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> I have a peer to peer network that has 3 XP Pro
> computers. One of the XP's has a shared HP1000 laserjet
> Usb printer attached to it. The printer works on the
> attached computer, but does not work for the networked
> computers.
> If I let the other computers automatically install the
> printer it uses a Virtual Usb port. I try a test print,
> but nothing happens.
> If I install the printer manually, it uses the
> \\computername\printer port, but it gives me a printer
> error when I try to print a test page.
> I have uninstalled and re-installed the drivers on all
> three computers, but that did not help.
> Any ideas?