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unable to share printer
Hi,
I am running Windows XP on a desktop and on a laptop. I have a router that connects the laptop to the internet. I am trying to share my printer with the laptop and have not been able to do it. I have enable file and printer sharing on the desktop, which is connected to my printer via usb cable. What am I doing wrong? Thanks, Missy |
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Does the desktop also connect to the router?
Are both PCs in the same Workgroup? -- Cari (MS-MVP) Printing & Imaging http://www.coribright.com/windows "Missy" wrote in message ... Hi, I am running Windows XP on a desktop and on a laptop. I have a router that connects the laptop to the internet. I am trying to share my printer with the laptop and have not been able to do it. I have enable file and printer sharing on the desktop, which is connected to my printer via usb cable. What am I doing wrong? Thanks, Missy |
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Let me clarify....the router is hard-wired to my desktop. The laptop
connects wirelessly. Workgroup? Sorry, I am new to this..... Missy "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote in message ... Does the desktop also connect to the router? Are both PCs in the same Workgroup? -- Cari (MS-MVP) Printing & Imaging http://www.coribright.com/windows "Missy" wrote in message ... Hi, I am running Windows XP on a desktop and on a laptop. I have a router that connects the laptop to the internet. I am trying to share my printer with the laptop and have not been able to do it. I have enable file and printer sharing on the desktop, which is connected to my printer via usb cable. What am I doing wrong? Thanks, Missy |
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OK....I think I have the workgroup figured out. When I try to share my
printer, it tells me the "Printer settings could not be saved. Operation could not be completed." What do I need to do here? "Missy" wrote in message ... Let me clarify....the router is hard-wired to my desktop. The laptop connects wirelessly. Workgroup? Sorry, I am new to this..... Missy "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote in message ... Does the desktop also connect to the router? Are both PCs in the same Workgroup? -- Cari (MS-MVP) Printing & Imaging http://www.coribright.com/windows "Missy" wrote in message ... Hi, I am running Windows XP on a desktop and on a laptop. I have a router that connects the laptop to the internet. I am trying to share my printer with the laptop and have not been able to do it. I have enable file and printer sharing on the desktop, which is connected to my printer via usb cable. What am I doing wrong? Thanks, Missy |
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See Ron Pacciano's article which will walk you through the sequence as
painlessly as possible. http://www.practicallynetworked.com/qa/qa20030619.shtml -- Cari (MS-MVP) Printing & Imaging http://www.coribright.com/windows "Missy" wrote in message ... Let me clarify....the router is hard-wired to my desktop. The laptop connects wirelessly. Workgroup? Sorry, I am new to this..... Missy "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote in message ... Does the desktop also connect to the router? Are both PCs in the same Workgroup? -- Cari (MS-MVP) Printing & Imaging http://www.coribright.com/windows "Missy" wrote in message ... Hi, I am running Windows XP on a desktop and on a laptop. I have a router that connects the laptop to the internet. I am trying to share my printer with the laptop and have not been able to do it. I have enable file and printer sharing on the desktop, which is connected to my printer via usb cable. What am I doing wrong? Thanks, Missy |
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I tried this but am getting the "Printer settings could not be saved" error.
It won't let me share the printer first before configuring the network. What do I need to do to fix this? "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote in message ... See Ron Pacciano's article which will walk you through the sequence as painlessly as possible. http://www.practicallynetworked.com/qa/qa20030619.shtml -- Cari (MS-MVP) Printing & Imaging http://www.coribright.com/windows "Missy" wrote in message ... Let me clarify....the router is hard-wired to my desktop. The laptop connects wirelessly. Workgroup? Sorry, I am new to this..... Missy "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote in message ... Does the desktop also connect to the router? Are both PCs in the same Workgroup? -- Cari (MS-MVP) Printing & Imaging http://www.coribright.com/windows "Missy" wrote in message ... Hi, I am running Windows XP on a desktop and on a laptop. I have a router that connects the laptop to the internet. I am trying to share my printer with the laptop and have not been able to do it. I have enable file and printer sharing on the desktop, which is connected to my printer via usb cable. What am I doing wrong? Thanks, Missy |
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You are logged on as an Administrator?
-- Cari (MS-MVP) Printing & Imaging http://www.coribright.com/windows "Missy" wrote in message ... I tried this but am getting the "Printer settings could not be saved" error. It won't let me share the printer first before configuring the network. What do I need to do to fix this? "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote in message ... See Ron Pacciano's article which will walk you through the sequence as painlessly as possible. http://www.practicallynetworked.com/qa/qa20030619.shtml -- Cari (MS-MVP) Printing & Imaging http://www.coribright.com/windows "Missy" wrote in message ... Let me clarify....the router is hard-wired to my desktop. The laptop connects wirelessly. Workgroup? Sorry, I am new to this..... Missy "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote in message ... Does the desktop also connect to the router? Are both PCs in the same Workgroup? -- Cari (MS-MVP) Printing & Imaging http://www.coribright.com/windows "Missy" wrote in message ... Hi, I am running Windows XP on a desktop and on a laptop. I have a router that connects the laptop to the internet. I am trying to share my printer with the laptop and have not been able to do it. I have enable file and printer sharing on the desktop, which is connected to my printer via usb cable. What am I doing wrong? Thanks, Missy |
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Yes.....
Anyone heard of not being able to share a Canon MultiPass F30? It will not allow me to share it....I keep getting that error! "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote in message ... You are logged on as an Administrator? -- Cari (MS-MVP) Printing & Imaging http://www.coribright.com/windows "Missy" wrote in message ... I tried this but am getting the "Printer settings could not be saved" error. It won't let me share the printer first before configuring the network. What do I need to do to fix this? "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote in message ... See Ron Pacciano's article which will walk you through the sequence as painlessly as possible. http://www.practicallynetworked.com/qa/qa20030619.shtml -- Cari (MS-MVP) Printing & Imaging http://www.coribright.com/windows "Missy" wrote in message ... Let me clarify....the router is hard-wired to my desktop. The laptop connects wirelessly. Workgroup? Sorry, I am new to this..... Missy "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote in message ... Does the desktop also connect to the router? Are both PCs in the same Workgroup? -- Cari (MS-MVP) Printing & Imaging http://www.coribright.com/windows "Missy" wrote in message ... Hi, I am running Windows XP on a desktop and on a laptop. I have a router that connects the laptop to the internet. I am trying to share my printer with the laptop and have not been able to do it. I have enable file and printer sharing on the desktop, which is connected to my printer via usb cable. What am I doing wrong? Thanks, Missy |
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"Missy" wrote in message ... I tried this but am getting the "Printer settings could not be saved" error. It won't let me share the printer first before configuring the network. What do I need to do to fix this? You have to configure the network before you configure sharing. If there is no network, there is no need for sharing. Run the Home Office Network Setup Wizard from each computer and enable printer and file sharing on each. The Windows XP firewall disable sharing even if you set it up manually. -- Earl F. Parrish |
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Earl,
Thanks for the information. I did do the wizard, however, I checked with Canon and they say they don't support printer sharing for my MultiPass F30, but would not say it couldn't be done. Any ideas? Missy "Earl F. Parrish" wrote in message news:chG7g.2753$OF6.2206@trnddc06... "Missy" wrote in message ... I tried this but am getting the "Printer settings could not be saved" error. It won't let me share the printer first before configuring the network. What do I need to do to fix this? You have to configure the network before you configure sharing. If there is no network, there is no need for sharing. Run the Home Office Network Setup Wizard from each computer and enable printer and file sharing on each. The Windows XP firewall disable sharing even if you set it up manually. -- Earl F. Parrish |
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"Missy" wrote: Earl, Thanks for the information. I did do the wizard, however, I checked with Canon and they say they don't support printer sharing for my MultiPass F30, but would not say it couldn't be done. Any ideas? Missy "Earl F. Parrish" wrote in message news:chG7g.2753$OF6.2206@trnddc06... "Missy" wrote in message ... I tried this but am getting the "Printer settings could not be saved" error. It won't let me share the printer first before configuring the network. What do I need to do to fix this? You have to configure the network before you configure sharing. If there is no network, there is no need for sharing. Run the Home Office Network Setup Wizard from each computer and enable printer and file sharing on each. The Windows XP firewall disable sharing even if you set it up manually. -- Earl F. Parrish |
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does a printer have to be a "network" printer, with network drivers to be
able to be shared on Windows XP shared printer option? I have an Epson Stylus CX4800 and cannot get it to be shared and I have tried everything Missy has tried. Do I have to go out and buy a network printer? "Missy" wrote: Earl, Thanks for the information. I did do the wizard, however, I checked with Canon and they say they don't support printer sharing for my MultiPass F30, but would not say it couldn't be done. Any ideas? Missy "Earl F. Parrish" wrote in message news:chG7g.2753$OF6.2206@trnddc06... "Missy" wrote in message ... I tried this but am getting the "Printer settings could not be saved" error. It won't let me share the printer first before configuring the network. What do I need to do to fix this? You have to configure the network before you configure sharing. If there is no network, there is no need for sharing. Run the Home Office Network Setup Wizard from each computer and enable printer and file sharing on each. The Windows XP firewall disable sharing even if you set it up manually. -- Earl F. Parrish |
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kath wrote:
does a printer have to be a "network" printer, with network drivers to be able to be shared on Windows XP shared printer option? I have an Epson Stylus CX4800 and cannot get it to be shared and I have tried everything Missy has tried. Do I have to go out and buy a network printer? "Missy" wrote: Earl, Thanks for the information. I did do the wizard, however, I checked with Canon and they say they don't support printer sharing for my MultiPass F30, but would not say it couldn't be done. Any ideas? Missy "Earl F. Parrish" wrote in message news:chG7g.2753$OF6.2206@trnddc06... "Missy" wrote in message ... I tried this but am getting the "Printer settings could not be saved" error. It won't let me share the printer first before configuring the network. What do I need to do to fix this? You have to configure the network before you configure sharing. If there is no network, there is no need for sharing. Run the Home Office Network Setup Wizard from each computer and enable printer and file sharing on each. The Windows XP firewall disable sharing even if you set it up manually. -- Earl F. Parrish Kath -- No, you don't have to have a "network" printer -- but it depends on how you connect things together. You do have to have a network, however, and you have to be able to share files between computers on the network. The simplest case is where you have a printer physically connected to one of the computers on the network. In this situation, the printer is shared as a resource of that computer in the same way one of the files on that computer would be shared. The catch is that the computer must be on in order for any other computer on the network to access the printer. A so-called "network printer" usually refers to a printer that can be connected to the network on its own, without being connected to a computer. The advantage of this is that the printer is always available (at least as long as the printer itself is powered on). The link Cari posted should help: http://www.practicallynetworked.com/qa/qa20030619.shtml |
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Thanks, that is good to know that I don't have to buy another printer. I
have my network set up on my main computer with a wireless router and can get online with my laptop and my kids desktop. I can share files, I see them on My Network Places, but I cannot get the printer to work wirelessly from my laptop and it does not apprear on My Network Places. I'm not sure I have the right port. Do I have to put in an IP address for the printer port? The printer shows up as a network printer under my Printers and Faxes. I've done the network set up and the sharing printer set up, I've even deleted everything and started over but can't get the printer to work. I've gotten as far as printing a document and watching it go to the printer but then it fails to print. What am I doing wrong? Any help would be greately appreciated. Thank you, kath "Lem" wrote: kath wrote: does a printer have to be a "network" printer, with network drivers to be able to be shared on Windows XP shared printer option? I have an Epson Stylus CX4800 and cannot get it to be shared and I have tried everything Missy has tried. Do I have to go out and buy a network printer? "Missy" wrote: Earl, Thanks for the information. I did do the wizard, however, I checked with Canon and they say they don't support printer sharing for my MultiPass F30, but would not say it couldn't be done. Any ideas? Missy "Earl F. Parrish" wrote in message news:chG7g.2753$OF6.2206@trnddc06... "Missy" wrote in message ... I tried this but am getting the "Printer settings could not be saved" error. It won't let me share the printer first before configuring the network. What do I need to do to fix this? You have to configure the network before you configure sharing. If there is no network, there is no need for sharing. Run the Home Office Network Setup Wizard from each computer and enable printer and file sharing on each. The Windows XP firewall disable sharing even if you set it up manually. -- Earl F. Parrish Kath -- No, you don't have to have a "network" printer -- but it depends on how you connect things together. You do have to have a network, however, and you have to be able to share files between computers on the network. The simplest case is where you have a printer physically connected to one of the computers on the network. In this situation, the printer is shared as a resource of that computer in the same way one of the files on that computer would be shared. The catch is that the computer must be on in order for any other computer on the network to access the printer. A so-called "network printer" usually refers to a printer that can be connected to the network on its own, without being connected to a computer. The advantage of this is that the printer is always available (at least as long as the printer itself is powered on). The link Cari posted should help: http://www.practicallynetworked.com/qa/qa20030619.shtml |
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"kath" wrote in message ... Thanks, that is good to know that I don't have to buy another printer. I have my network set up on my main computer with a wireless router and can get online with my laptop and my kids desktop. I can share files, I see them on My Network Places, but I cannot get the printer to work wirelessly from my laptop and it does not apprear on My Network Places. I'm not sure I have the right port. Do I have to put in an IP address for the printer port? The printer shows up as a network printer under my Printers and Faxes. I've done the network set up and the sharing printer set up, I've even deleted everything and started over but can't get the printer to work. I've gotten as far as printing a document and watching it go to the printer but then it fails to print. What am I doing wrong? Any help would be greately appreciated. Thank you, kath The drivers for the printer you want to use must be installed on each PC from which you want to send printing commands. They must be appropriate for the operating system of that PC. Some newer printers might not have drivers for older operating systems. Does a test print work? Go into your print queue to see if there is an earlier print job which is stalling the others. Check out the online Users Guide at http://files.support.epson.com/htmld...__ug/index.htm Earl |
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