"Martin Healy" wrote in message
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I have carried out the following steps on my Windows XP laptop in order to
connect to this network printer:
1. Selected Printer and Faxes from the XP startup menu.
2. Clicked Add Printer
3. In the subsequent Add Printer Wizard, I selected the option: "A network
printer
or a printer attached to another computer.
4. Then I choosed the Browse option and clicked Next.
5. From here I was successfully able to browse to the printer by clicking
Workgroup
under Microsoft Windows Network, then double clicking the name of the remote
Windows 98 machine and then clicking the name of the printer.
6. After completing this step 5, the network queue name or UNC of the
printer was displayed in the box above as: Printer\\R9X3Q8\LEXMARK. Then I
clicked Next. Please note that R9X3Q8 represents the name of the Windows 98
machine and LEXMARK represents the share name of the printer attached to this
machine.
Just to be sure, the actual printer path/name displayed as \\R9X3Q8\LEXMARK and
not Printer\\R9X3Q8\LEXMARK as typed above, correct?
7. Next the Software License Agreement page appeared telling me to click Yes
to accept the agreement in order to install the Lexmark Printer drivers. I
accepted it and clicked Yes.
I believe the next window should have been to select the printer as Default or
not.
8. Then the following message was displayed: "To complete setup of this
printer, please restart Windows after Add Printer installation has
completed". I click OK in this message box.
9. Then this horrible error message appeared: "Windows cannot connect to the
printer. Either the printer name was typed incorrectly or the specified
printer has lost its connection to the server".
Did you double check the path/printer?
Does the printer show in XP Settings Printers and Faxes as the Default?
What port is it using? Right click the printer in XP, click Properties Ports
tab.
Does the printer show in My Network Places Entire Network Microsoft Windows
Network Workgroup R9X3Q8?
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