network print problem

Hi, I have a printer Okidata OL600e, which only has driver for win98, that's
why I have to keep a box running win 98 just in order to use the printer.
I installed the printer as network printer on Windows 2000 and XP boxes. It
works before, but frequently it just did not print at all and no way to get
rid of this problem once it happened. Sometimes it will work fine right
after both systems were freshly installed. The symptom is on both windows
2000 and xp, the network printer can be installed, when print a test page,
it did show a task on the printer, but just does not print, and on Windows
2000 and xp, the printer
shown as not available.

What could be the real reason? I cannot run fresh install again and again to
get a chance the printer works. The other problem may be related to this
problem that if from XP or 2000, the file transfer works fine, but if do the
same thing on Windows 98 box, an error will show something like: "Cannot
copy [filename]: the pointed network resource or device can not be used."

Anyone has idea how to deal with this problem?
Thanks!

How to troubleshoot network printing problems in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;314073
How to Troubleshoot Windows 2000 Printing Problems
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;260142

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"gz" wrote in message ...
Hi, I have a printer Okidata OL600e, which only has driver for win98, that's
why I have to keep a box running win 98 just in order to use the printer.
I installed the printer as network printer on Windows 2000 and XP boxes. It
works before, but frequently it just did not print at all and no way to get rid of
this problem once it happened. Sometimes it will work fine right after both systems
were freshly installed. The symptom is on both windows 2000 and xp, the network
printer can be installed, when print a test page, it did show a task on the
printer, but just does not print, and on Windows 2000 and xp, the printer
shown as not available.

What could be the real reason? I cannot run fresh install again and again to
get a chance the printer works. The other problem may be related to this problem
that if from XP or 2000, the file transfer works fine, but if do the same thing on
Windows 98 box, an error will show something like: "Cannot copy [filename]: the
pointed network resource or device can not be used."

Anyone has idea how to deal with this problem?
Thanks!