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July 3rd 04, 03:47 PM
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connecting to a remote printer on home network
my notebook win xp home is attached to a home network via d link .... there are 2 other computers (win xp's)on the network.. one is COMPUTER001 ....WITH A PRINTER hp deskjet 940c attached ..... the other is CATHERINE... AND ATTACHED TO THIS COMPUTER IS A P
RINTER HP LASERJET 3200...I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET MY NOTEBOOK TO PRINT TO ONE OF THESE PRINTERS OR BOTH OF THEM... WHAT ARE THE STEPS -- pat 
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July 3rd 04, 08:44 PM
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Is the printer shared?
See: http://www.coribright.com/Windows/Article%20Five.htm -- Cari MS-MVP Windows Technologies - Printing/Imaging/Hardware www.coribright.com "keogh" wrote in message ... my notebook win xp home is attached to a home network via d link .... there are 2 other computers (win xp's)on the network.. one is COMPUTER001 ....WITH A PRINTER hp deskjet 940c attached ..... the other is CATHERINE... AND ATTACHED TO THIS COMPUTER IS A PRINTER HP LASERJET 3200...I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET MY NOTEBOOK TO PRINT TO ONE OF THESE PRINTERS OR BOTH OF THEM... WHAT ARE THE STEPS -- pat
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July 4th 04, 06:47 PM
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-- yes the printer is shared. I tried your article5 and it worked for connecting the printer on computer computeroo1 to catherine. However when I try to connect my notebook to computer001 printer or to catherine printer I get the message windows can not connect to the printer either the printer name was typed incorrectly or the specified printer has lost its connection to the server I an able to see in brouse for printer microsoft windows network work group catherine computer001 I click on computer001 I get the hour glass then I click on next then a message comes up you need to specify a valid network printer name I type in the printer name.............. hp deskjet 940c series then I get the above ..... windows can not connect to the printer.....etc. what am i doing wrong? I have tried numerous times what to do? pat pat "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote: Is the printer shared? See: http://www.coribright.com/Windows/Article%20Five.htm -- Cari MS-MVP Windows Technologies - Printing/Imaging/Hardware www.coribright.com "keogh" wrote in message ... my notebook win xp home is attached to a home network via d link .... there are 2 other computers (win xp's)on the network.. one is COMPUTER001 ....WITH A PRINTER hp deskjet 940c attached ..... the other is CATHERINE... AND ATTACHED TO THIS COMPUTER IS A PRINTER HP LASERJET 3200...I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET MY NOTEBOOK TO PRINT TO ONE OF THESE PRINTERS OR BOTH OF THEM... WHAT ARE THE STEPS -- pat
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July 5th 04, 03:43 AM
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Printer name is too long. Maximum of 13 characters and no spaces. Chech
the Shared Name on the PC with the printer. Control Panel, Printers & Faxes, right click on the printer, select Properties... in the Sharing tab. -- Cari (MS-MVP Windows Client - Printing, Imaging & Hardware) www.coribright.com "keogh" wrote in message ... -- yes the printer is shared. I tried your article5 and it worked for connecting the printer on computer computeroo1 to catherine. However when I try to connect my notebook to computer001 printer or to catherine printer I get the message windows can not connect to the printer either the printer name was typed incorrectly or the specified printer has lost its connection to the server I an able to see in brouse for printer microsoft windows network work group catherine computer001 I click on computer001 I get the hour glass then I click on next then a message comes up you need to specify a valid network printer name I type in the printer name.............. hp deskjet 940c series then I get the above ..... windows can not connect to the printer.....etc. what am i doing wrong? I have tried numerous times what to do? pat pat "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote: Is the printer shared? See: http://www.coribright.com/Windows/Article%20Five.htm -- Cari MS-MVP Windows Technologies - Printing/Imaging/Hardware www.coribright.com "keogh" wrote in message ... my notebook win xp home is attached to a home network via d link .... there are 2 other computers (win xp's)on the network.. one is COMPUTER001 ....WITH A PRINTER hp deskjet 940c attached ..... the other is CATHERINE... AND ATTACHED TO THIS COMPUTER IS A PRINTER HP LASERJET 3200...I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET MY NOTEBOOK TO PRINT TO ONE OF THESE PRINTERS OR BOTH OF THEM... WHAT ARE THE STEPS -- pat
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July 10th 04, 10:11 PM
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the "share" printer name is "Printer" on "catherine" the computer with the one of the printers attached ( the name of this printer is HP LaserJet 3200 Series PCL)
I also tried this "share" name and I get the same as before I also tried \\catherine\Printer and \\computer001\HP_940c in add printer wisard and get the same messageas in my previous posting what to do? -- pat "Cari (MS MVP)" wrote: Printer name is too long. Maximum of 13 characters and no spaces. Chech the Shared Name on the PC with the printer. Control Panel, Printers & Faxes, right click on the printer, select Properties... in the Sharing tab. -- Cari (MS-MVP Windows Client - Printing, Imaging & Hardware) www.coribright.com "keogh" wrote in message ... -- yes the printer is shared. I tried your article5 and it worked for connecting the printer on computer computeroo1 to catherine. However when I try to connect my notebook to computer001 printer or to catherine printer I get the message windows can not connect to the printer either the printer name was typed incorrectly or the specified printer has lost its connection to the server I an able to see in brouse for printer microsoft windows network work group catherine computer001 I click on computer001 I get the hour glass then I click on next then a message comes up you need to specify a valid network printer name I type in the printer name.............. hp deskjet 940c series then I get the above ..... windows can not connect to the printer.....etc. what am i doing wrong? I have tried numerous times what to do? pat pat "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote: Is the printer shared? See: http://www.coribright.com/Windows/Article%20Five.htm -- Cari MS-MVP Windows Technologies - Printing/Imaging/Hardware www.coribright.com "keogh" wrote in message ... my notebook win xp home is attached to a home network via d link .... there are 2 other computers (win xp's)on the network.. one is COMPUTER001 ....WITH A PRINTER hp deskjet 940c attached ..... the other is CATHERINE... AND ATTACHED TO THIS COMPUTER IS A PRINTER HP LASERJET 3200...I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET MY NOTEBOOK TO PRINT TO ONE OF THESE PRINTERS OR BOTH OF THEM... WHAT ARE THE STEPS -- pat
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July 17th 04, 08:19 PM
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the name of the share printer is hp_940C
is the character "_" the same as a apace? should I change the name of the share printer? -- pat "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote: You appear to have a space between HP and 940c. Shared names of Printers CANNOT have spaces in them. -- Cari MS-MVP Windows Technologies - Printing/Imaging/Hardware www.coribright.com "keogh" wrote in message ... the "share" printer name is "Printer" on "catherine" the computer with the one of the printers attached ( the name of this printer is HP LaserJet 3200 Series PCL) I also tried this "share" name and I get the same as before I also tried \\catherine\Printer and \\computer001\HP_940c in add printer wisard and get the same messageas in my previous posting what to do? -- pat "Cari (MS MVP)" wrote: Printer name is too long. Maximum of 13 characters and no spaces. Chech the Shared Name on the PC with the printer. Control Panel, Printers & Faxes, right click on the printer, select Properties... in the Sharing tab. -- Cari (MS-MVP Windows Client - Printing, Imaging & Hardware) www.coribright.com "keogh" wrote in message ... -- yes the printer is shared. I tried your article5 and it worked for connecting the printer on computer computeroo1 to catherine. However when I try to connect my notebook to computer001 printer or to catherine printer I get the message windows can not connect to the printer either the printer name was typed incorrectly or the specified printer has lost its connection to the server I an able to see in brouse for printer microsoft windows network work group catherine computer001 I click on computer001 I get the hour glass then I click on next then a message comes up you need to specify a valid network printer name I type in the printer name.............. hp deskjet 940c series then I get the above ..... windows can not connect to the printer.....etc. what am i doing wrong? I have tried numerous times what to do? pat pat "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote: Is the printer shared? See: http://www.coribright.com/Windows/Article%20Five.htm -- Cari MS-MVP Windows Technologies - Printing/Imaging/Hardware www.coribright.com "keogh" wrote in message ... my notebook win xp home is attached to a home network via d link .... there are 2 other computers (win xp's)on the network.. one is COMPUTER001 ....WITH A PRINTER hp deskjet 940c attached ..... the other is CATHERINE... AND ATTACHED TO THIS COMPUTER IS A PRINTER HP LASERJET 3200...I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET MY NOTEBOOK TO PRINT TO ONE OF THESE PRINTERS OR BOTH OF THEM... WHAT ARE THE STEPS -- pat
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July 17th 04, 11:56 PM
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I RENAMED THE COMPUTER "ANDREWP"
STILL SAYS I HAVE OT SPELLED THE NAME CORRECTLY WHEN I ENTER THE PATHWAY \\ COMPUTER001\ANDREWP BY THE WAY I WAS ABLE TO CONNECT LACT WEEK WHAE TNE NAME OF THE COMPUTER WAS :\"HP_940c BUT THIS WEEKEND IT DISCONNECTED IT SELF SOMEHOW AGAIN IT DOESN'T SEEM TO STICK ONCE CONNECTED WHAT IS GOING ON? -- pat "keogh" wrote: the name of the share printer is hp_940C is the character "_" the same as a apace? should I change the name of the share printer? -- pat "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote: You appear to have a space between HP and 940c. Shared names of Printers CANNOT have spaces in them. -- Cari MS-MVP Windows Technologies - Printing/Imaging/Hardware www.coribright.com "keogh" wrote in message ... the "share" printer name is "Printer" on "catherine" the computer with the one of the printers attached ( the name of this printer is HP LaserJet 3200 Series PCL) I also tried this "share" name and I get the same as before I also tried \\catherine\Printer and \\computer001\HP_940c in add printer wisard and get the same messageas in my previous posting what to do? -- pat "Cari (MS MVP)" wrote: Printer name is too long. Maximum of 13 characters and no spaces. Chech the Shared Name on the PC with the printer. Control Panel, Printers & Faxes, right click on the printer, select Properties... in the Sharing tab. -- Cari (MS-MVP Windows Client - Printing, Imaging & Hardware) www.coribright.com "keogh" wrote in message ... -- yes the printer is shared. I tried your article5 and it worked for connecting the printer on computer computeroo1 to catherine. However when I try to connect my notebook to computer001 printer or to catherine printer I get the message windows can not connect to the printer either the printer name was typed incorrectly or the specified printer has lost its connection to the server I an able to see in brouse for printer microsoft windows network work group catherine computer001 I click on computer001 I get the hour glass then I click on next then a message comes up you need to specify a valid network printer name I type in the printer name.............. hp deskjet 940c series then I get the above ..... windows can not connect to the printer.....etc. what am i doing wrong? I have tried numerous times what to do? pat pat "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote: Is the printer shared? See: http://www.coribright.com/Windows/Article%20Five.htm -- Cari MS-MVP Windows Technologies - Printing/Imaging/Hardware www.coribright.com "keogh" wrote in message ... my notebook win xp home is attached to a home network via d link .... there are 2 other computers (win xp's)on the network.. one is COMPUTER001 ....WITH A PRINTER hp deskjet 940c attached ..... the other is CATHERINE... AND ATTACHED TO THIS COMPUTER IS A PRINTER HP LASERJET 3200...I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET MY NOTEBOOK TO PRINT TO ONE OF THESE PRINTERS OR BOTH OF THEM... WHAT ARE THE STEPS -- pat
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July 18th 04, 01:49 AM
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I HAVE FIGURED OUT PART OF THE PROBLEM I THINK.
THERE ARE 3 NETWORKED COMPUTERS WITH 2 ATTACHED PRINTERS CATHERINE HP LASERJET 3200 ATTACHED COMPUTER001 HP 940c ATTACHED AND THE WIRELESS LAPTOP THRU D-LINK NO PRINTER IN ADD PRINTER WIZZARD ....IN BROUSE FOR A PRINTER ON COMPUTER001 AND LAPTOP I SEE MICROSOFT WINDOWS NETWORK WORKGROUP CATHERINE COMPUTER001 ANDREWP THE SHARE PRINTER NAME THE PRINTER ANDREWP I WAS ABLE TO CONNECT BECAUSE COMPUTER001 AND CATHERINE I COULD SEE ON MY LAPTOP AND COMPUTER001 THE PROBLEM STILL IS THAT ON CATHERINE IN ADD PRINTER WIZARD IN BROUSE I SEE MICROSOFT WINDOWS NETWORK BUT WHEN I DOUBLE CLICK IT I SHOULD GET WORKGROUP BUT I DON'T I ONLY GET AN HOUR GLASS FOR 19 SECONDE OR SO WHY DOESN'T WORKGROUP COME UP THEN I COULD SEE CATHERINE AND COMPUTER001 AND I COULD CONNECT THE 2 PRINTERS WITH THE OTHER COMPUTERS -- pat "keogh" wrote: I RENAMED THE COMPUTER "ANDREWP" STILL SAYS I HAVE OT SPELLED THE NAME CORRECTLY WHEN I ENTER THE PATHWAY \\ COMPUTER001\ANDREWP BY THE WAY I WAS ABLE TO CONNECT LACT WEEK WHAE TNE NAME OF THE COMPUTER WAS :\"HP_940c BUT THIS WEEKEND IT DISCONNECTED IT SELF SOMEHOW AGAIN IT DOESN'T SEEM TO STICK ONCE CONNECTED WHAT IS GOING ON? -- pat "keogh" wrote: the name of the share printer is hp_940C is the character "_" the same as a apace? should I change the name of the share printer? -- pat "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote: You appear to have a space between HP and 940c. Shared names of Printers CANNOT have spaces in them. -- Cari MS-MVP Windows Technologies - Printing/Imaging/Hardware www.coribright.com "keogh" wrote in message ... the "share" printer name is "Printer" on "catherine" the computer with the one of the printers attached ( the name of this printer is HP LaserJet 3200 Series PCL) I also tried this "share" name and I get the same as before I also tried \\catherine\Printer and \\computer001\HP_940c in add printer wisard and get the same messageas in my previous posting what to do? -- pat "Cari (MS MVP)" wrote: Printer name is too long. Maximum of 13 characters and no spaces. Chech the Shared Name on the PC with the printer. Control Panel, Printers & Faxes, right click on the printer, select Properties... in the Sharing tab. -- Cari (MS-MVP Windows Client - Printing, Imaging & Hardware) www.coribright.com "keogh" wrote in message ... -- yes the printer is shared. I tried your article5 and it worked for connecting the printer on computer computeroo1 to catherine. However when I try to connect my notebook to computer001 printer or to catherine printer I get the message windows can not connect to the printer either the printer name was typed incorrectly or the specified printer has lost its connection to the server I an able to see in brouse for printer microsoft windows network work group catherine computer001 I click on computer001 I get the hour glass then I click on next then a message comes up you need to specify a valid network printer name I type in the printer name.............. hp deskjet 940c series then I get the above ..... windows can not connect to the printer.....etc. what am i doing wrong? I have tried numerous times what to do? pat pat "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote: Is the printer shared? See: http://www.coribright.com/Windows/Article%20Five.htm -- Cari MS-MVP Windows Technologies - Printing/Imaging/Hardware www.coribright.com "keogh" wrote in message ... my notebook win xp home is attached to a home network via d link .... there are 2 other computers (win xp's)on the network.. one is COMPUTER001 ....WITH A PRINTER hp deskjet 940c attached ..... the other is CATHERINE... AND ATTACHED TO THIS COMPUTER IS A PRINTER HP LASERJET 3200...I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET MY NOTEBOOK TO PRINT TO ONE OF THESE PRINTERS OR BOTH OF THEM... WHAT ARE THE STEPS -- pat
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