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Shared Printer Driver
I have Brother MFC-9700 printer connected w/parallel to HP desktop. It is
labelled a "shared" printer. When I try to add the printer for a "trusted" computer on the wireless network via the control panel "add a printer" routine, I find the printer without difficulty. When it tries to load the driver, however, it claims that it can't find it on the MFC installation/system dsk. Is there a trick to this step? |
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Shared Printer Driver
What operating systems are we talking about here... and are both (or all)
PCs on the network using the same O/S? -- Cari (MS-MVP) Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging http://www.coribright.com/windows "HBM" wrote in message ... I have Brother MFC-9700 printer connected w/parallel to HP desktop. It is labelled a "shared" printer. When I try to add the printer for a "trusted" computer on the wireless network via the control panel "add a printer" routine, I find the printer without difficulty. When it tries to load the driver, however, it claims that it can't find it on the MFC installation/system dsk. Is there a trick to this step? |
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Both PCs are using Windows XP.
"Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote: What operating systems are we talking about here... and are both (or all) PCs on the network using the same O/S? -- Cari (MS-MVP) Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging http://www.coribright.com/windows "HBM" wrote in message ... I have Brother MFC-9700 printer connected w/parallel to HP desktop. It is labelled a "shared" printer. When I try to add the printer for a "trusted" computer on the wireless network via the control panel "add a printer" routine, I find the printer without difficulty. When it tries to load the driver, however, it claims that it can't find it on the MFC installation/system dsk. Is there a trick to this step? |
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Did you follow:
http://www.coribright.com/windows/Article_Five.htm -- Cari (MS-MVP) Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging http://www.coribright.com/windows "HBM" wrote in message ... Both PCs are using Windows XP. "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote: What operating systems are we talking about here... and are both (or all) PCs on the network using the same O/S? -- Cari (MS-MVP) Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging http://www.coribright.com/windows "HBM" wrote in message ... I have Brother MFC-9700 printer connected w/parallel to HP desktop. It is labelled a "shared" printer. When I try to add the printer for a "trusted" computer on the wireless network via the control panel "add a printer" routine, I find the printer without difficulty. When it tries to load the driver, however, it claims that it can't find it on the MFC installation/system dsk. Is there a trick to this step? |
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Yes, I did. WRT to your notation that the name of the printer could only
have 12 non-blank characters I changed the name on the computer where it is attached to BrotherMFC. I proceeded to go to the networked computer and use the add a printer routine. It found the printer using the prechanged name but said it couldn't connect. When I changed the name to the new BrotherMFC, it found it and warned me that I was loading a drive that might have viruses, etc. When I said proceed, it said that the "server computer" did not have the driver but allowed me to browse for a file with the driver. I loaded the Brother CD which provided the driver for the computer on which it is installed in my CD drive but the "Add a printer" routine said that the disk did not contain any information about my printer hardware. "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote: Did you follow: http://www.coribright.com/windows/Article_Five.htm -- Cari (MS-MVP) Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging http://www.coribright.com/windows "HBM" wrote in message ... Both PCs are using Windows XP. "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote: What operating systems are we talking about here... and are both (or all) PCs on the network using the same O/S? -- Cari (MS-MVP) Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging http://www.coribright.com/windows "HBM" wrote in message ... I have Brother MFC-9700 printer connected w/parallel to HP desktop. It is labelled a "shared" printer. When I try to add the printer for a "trusted" computer on the wireless network via the control panel "add a printer" routine, I find the printer without difficulty. When it tries to load the driver, however, it claims that it can't find it on the MFC installation/system dsk. Is there a trick to this step? |
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Be sure to drill down into the directories on the CD.
no machine is running XP x64 is my assumption. -- Alan Morris Windows Printing Team Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base he http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "HBM" wrote in message ... Yes, I did. WRT to your notation that the name of the printer could only have 12 non-blank characters I changed the name on the computer where it is attached to BrotherMFC. I proceeded to go to the networked computer and use the add a printer routine. It found the printer using the prechanged name but said it couldn't connect. When I changed the name to the new BrotherMFC, it found it and warned me that I was loading a drive that might have viruses, etc. When I said proceed, it said that the "server computer" did not have the driver but allowed me to browse for a file with the driver. I loaded the Brother CD which provided the driver for the computer on which it is installed in my CD drive but the "Add a printer" routine said that the disk did not contain any information about my printer hardware. "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote: Did you follow: http://www.coribright.com/windows/Article_Five.htm -- Cari (MS-MVP) Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging http://www.coribright.com/windows "HBM" wrote in message ... Both PCs are using Windows XP. "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote: What operating systems are we talking about here... and are both (or all) PCs on the network using the same O/S? -- Cari (MS-MVP) Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging http://www.coribright.com/windows "HBM" wrote in message ... I have Brother MFC-9700 printer connected w/parallel to HP desktop. It is labelled a "shared" printer. When I try to add the printer for a "trusted" computer on the wireless network via the control panel "add a printer" routine, I find the printer without difficulty. When it tries to load the driver, however, it claims that it can't find it on the MFC installation/system dsk. Is there a trick to this step? |
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I'm not sure what you mean by "no machine is running XP x64 is my
assumption." Both PCs are using Windows XP. What should I look for in drilling down into the directories? the "Add a Printer" seems to be looking for an *.INF file but doesn't like the only one that I found. "Alan Morris [MSFT]" wrote: Be sure to drill down into the directories on the CD. no machine is running XP x64 is my assumption. -- Alan Morris Windows Printing Team Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base he http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "HBM" wrote in message ... Yes, I did. WRT to your notation that the name of the printer could only have 12 non-blank characters I changed the name on the computer where it is attached to BrotherMFC. I proceeded to go to the networked computer and use the add a printer routine. It found the printer using the prechanged name but said it couldn't connect. When I changed the name to the new BrotherMFC, it found it and warned me that I was loading a drive that might have viruses, etc. When I said proceed, it said that the "server computer" did not have the driver but allowed me to browse for a file with the driver. I loaded the Brother CD which provided the driver for the computer on which it is installed in my CD drive but the "Add a printer" routine said that the disk did not contain any information about my printer hardware. "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote: Did you follow: http://www.coribright.com/windows/Article_Five.htm -- Cari (MS-MVP) Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging http://www.coribright.com/windows "HBM" wrote in message ... Both PCs are using Windows XP. "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote: What operating systems are we talking about here... and are both (or all) PCs on the network using the same O/S? -- Cari (MS-MVP) Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging http://www.coribright.com/windows "HBM" wrote in message ... I have Brother MFC-9700 printer connected w/parallel to HP desktop. It is labelled a "shared" printer. When I try to add the printer for a "trusted" computer on the wireless network via the control panel "add a printer" routine, I find the printer without difficulty. When it tries to load the driver, however, it claims that it can't find it on the MFC installation/system dsk. Is there a trick to this step? |
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I just wanted to make sure you did not have 64bit XP.
The name of the driver in the inf on the CD has to match the name of the driver shared on the XP machine. -- Alan Morris Windows Printing Team Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base he http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "HBM" wrote in message ... I'm not sure what you mean by "no machine is running XP x64 is my assumption." Both PCs are using Windows XP. What should I look for in drilling down into the directories? the "Add a Printer" seems to be looking for an *.INF file but doesn't like the only one that I found. "Alan Morris [MSFT]" wrote: Be sure to drill down into the directories on the CD. no machine is running XP x64 is my assumption. -- Alan Morris Windows Printing Team Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base he http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "HBM" wrote in message ... Yes, I did. WRT to your notation that the name of the printer could only have 12 non-blank characters I changed the name on the computer where it is attached to BrotherMFC. I proceeded to go to the networked computer and use the add a printer routine. It found the printer using the prechanged name but said it couldn't connect. When I changed the name to the new BrotherMFC, it found it and warned me that I was loading a drive that might have viruses, etc. When I said proceed, it said that the "server computer" did not have the driver but allowed me to browse for a file with the driver. I loaded the Brother CD which provided the driver for the computer on which it is installed in my CD drive but the "Add a printer" routine said that the disk did not contain any information about my printer hardware. "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote: Did you follow: http://www.coribright.com/windows/Article_Five.htm -- Cari (MS-MVP) Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging http://www.coribright.com/windows "HBM" wrote in message ... Both PCs are using Windows XP. "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote: What operating systems are we talking about here... and are both (or all) PCs on the network using the same O/S? -- Cari (MS-MVP) Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging http://www.coribright.com/windows "HBM" wrote in message ... I have Brother MFC-9700 printer connected w/parallel to HP desktop. It is labelled a "shared" printer. When I try to add the printer for a "trusted" computer on the wireless network via the control panel "add a printer" routine, I find the printer without difficulty. When it tries to load the driver, however, it claims that it can't find it on the MFC installation/system dsk. Is there a trick to this step? |
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