Network printer appears as USB?

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

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,

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
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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

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

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