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Old August 22nd 08, 05:20 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.win98.networking
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"Brian A." wrote:

"normc" wrote in message
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Thanks Brian -

Brian A. wrote:
Thanks for that MEB, correct me if I misunderstood anything so I have it
right.

The OP has a printer connected to a 98SE machine as a local shared printer.


Right

The printer is shared with remote XP machines on the network.


Probably doesn't matter, but one remote is XPSP2 and one is 98SE


Sometimes the OS flavor can matter, however in this case it doesn't.


The printer fails on the 98SE machine it's physically connected to after a
shutdown/restart.


Fails any time, i.e. will not print from base machine at any time.

The printer still works on the remote machines after a shutdown/restart?


Right.

This doesn't make sense, hence the purpose of the
question mark.

Does it make more sense now?


Only if the drivers are installed on the other two machines, if they aren't
and the shared printer isn't working on the host machine they printer should
fail on all machines.


With regard to your suggestion about reinstalling the printer, I'm a great
believer in, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." If it was a printer install
problem, how would the other two machines be able to make it print via the
base machine?


Yet it is broke in a sense if it won't print, especially when the machine it's
connected to is the machine it doesn't print from. Again, that falls back to my
last statement of where the drivers are installed. If the drivers are installed
on all networked machines and the printer only fails on one machine, the drivers
on that machine have a great possibility of being corrupt.


I know little about my network. I'm not sure about the layout/architecture in
the base machine. All I'm aware of is {1} a NIC and a cable to the modem and
(2) the cable to the printer.


Is there no router involved? I did see questions about one although a router
shouldn't have any effect.
The USB cable from the printer is connected directly to the 98SE machine,
correct?


What could be going wrong in the base machine with the combining of all three
machines and the distribution to two of the machines, but not to the third.


Has it ever printed to the host machine? If yes, driver corruption. If no,
possibly USB version/drivers not compatible with mobo, improper USB setting in
the BIOS and/or improper configuration on the host.

Will it print on the host if it's not shared?


Thanks again.

That is,



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Old October 22nd 08, 09:50 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.networking
RobRoy
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"normc" wrote:

Using ActionTec DSL router with three machines, 2 hard-wired desktops
(both 98SE) and one wireless laptop (XP).

Network has always worked fine; however, at the moment the machine that
is local to the shared printer hangs up. It won't print. It won't
cancel the job. As a result the other two computers are unable to
print, unless I reboot the one desktop, canceling the print job in the
process of rebooting.

Then I can print from either of the other desktop and the laptop.

It can't be the cable, since it is fine for 2 of 3. It can't be the
driver since the same driver is used for all print jobs to that printer.
Right?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

TIA

Norm

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Old October 22nd 08, 09:50 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.networking
RobRoy
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Default Having strange local network printing problem - could use some hel



"normc" wrote:

Using ActionTec DSL router with three machines, 2 hard-wired desktops
(both 98SE) and one wireless laptop (XP).

Network has always worked fine; however, at the moment the machine that
is local to the shared printer hangs up. It won't print. It won't
cancel the job. As a result the other two computers are unable to
print, unless I reboot the one desktop, canceling the print job in the
process of rebooting.

Then I can print from either of the other desktop and the laptop.

It can't be the cable, since it is fine for 2 of 3. It can't be the
driver since the same driver is used for all print jobs to that printer.
Right?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

TIA

Norm

 




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