Lil' Dave
June 5th 04, 11:54 AM
Am an HP printer user. Know when I share them, USB or parallel connection,
the PC seeking use must be using pseudo-driver package for the OS its using.
Am sharing both to a ME PC and XP HE notebook on home network.
"SteveSanders" > wrote in message
om...
> The home network i have setup up is using a windows 98 machine as a
> print server. i have two printers attached to it, one via the
> parallel port (LPT1) and the other via a USB port. I am running
> windows 98SE on the machine I am sharing the printers from and XP and
> 2000 on two other machines ont he network. I can see both printers
> via my network neighborhood but am unable to print to the printer
> attached to the USB port. The printer attached to the parallel port
> prints just fine both locally and via the network.
>
> the printer attached to the USB port is an Lexmark 1100 series
> the printer attached to the parallel is an Hp laserjet and works fine
>
> I have tried installing a new PCI card with USB 2.0 and tried printing
> that way and am still not able. i am able to print directly from the
> machine, just not over the network.
>
> there might be some incapability issues with the drivers as i am
> trying to print to a 98 machine from an xp machine, but i went to the
> lexmark website and downloaded the appropriate drivers. i am also
> able to print regularly so i am stumped.
>
> windows error message is that there is a problem with current printer
> setup. i am also unable to print a test page over the network but can
> do so on the machine locally.
>
> any help would be muc appreciated. thanks.
the PC seeking use must be using pseudo-driver package for the OS its using.
Am sharing both to a ME PC and XP HE notebook on home network.
"SteveSanders" > wrote in message
om...
> The home network i have setup up is using a windows 98 machine as a
> print server. i have two printers attached to it, one via the
> parallel port (LPT1) and the other via a USB port. I am running
> windows 98SE on the machine I am sharing the printers from and XP and
> 2000 on two other machines ont he network. I can see both printers
> via my network neighborhood but am unable to print to the printer
> attached to the USB port. The printer attached to the parallel port
> prints just fine both locally and via the network.
>
> the printer attached to the USB port is an Lexmark 1100 series
> the printer attached to the parallel is an Hp laserjet and works fine
>
> I have tried installing a new PCI card with USB 2.0 and tried printing
> that way and am still not able. i am able to print directly from the
> machine, just not over the network.
>
> there might be some incapability issues with the drivers as i am
> trying to print to a 98 machine from an xp machine, but i went to the
> lexmark website and downloaded the appropriate drivers. i am also
> able to print regularly so i am stumped.
>
> windows error message is that there is a problem with current printer
> setup. i am also unable to print a test page over the network but can
> do so on the machine locally.
>
> any help would be muc appreciated. thanks.