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Still can't connect to my shared printer on my Windows 98 machine
I'm working in a mixed mode workgroup environment where my Windows 98 SE
machine is providing two main resources for my Windows XP professional machine. They a A shared folder and a shared printer. I can access the shared folder on the Windows 98 machine over the LAN from my XP laptop but I can't connect to the shared printer on the Windows 98 machine over the LAN from my XP laptop. I can ping the Windows 98 machine from the XP laptop as well. When I attempt to browse or connect to the shared printer from my XP laptop in Add Printer Wizard by selecting Microsoft Windows NetworkWORKGROUPName of Win 98 machineLEXMARK, and clicking Next when the correct path name or queue appears on top as \\R9X3Q5\LEXMARK, the following error message appears: "The server for the Lexmark Z52 Series Colorfine printer does not have the correct printer driver installed. If you want to search for the proper driver, click OK. Otherwise, click OK. Otherwise, click cancel and contact your network administrator or original equipment manufacturer for the correct driver." However, when I downloaded and installed the correct Windows XP compatible driver from the manufacturer's website on my XP laptop, the Add Printer Wizard continued from where it left off above by requesting approval of the Software License Agreement, then a connect to printer error message appeared after a restart windows prompt stating "Windows cannot connect to the printer. Either the printer name was typed incorrectly or the specified printer has lost its connection to the server". Certainly, the printer name was not typed incorrectly and there was no connection loss to the server either because I can see all the shared resources including the shared printer on the Win 98 machine from my XP laptop in My Network Places. As mentioned before, I can access the shared folder on the Win 98 machine from my XP laptop and ping the destination computer. Please note that the printer is shared and the printer share name and printer port setting are all correct. The File and Printer service for Microsoft Networks is also installed and access is granted to my files and printer(s) as these check boxes are ticked. I was always able to print from this shared printer in the past using the same printer driver on the Win 98 machine. Furthermore, I didn't even have to use a XP driver on my XP laptop either as the existing Win9x/Win 2000 compatible driver on the Windows 98 machine allowed the Windows XP laptop to print from the shared printer over the local area network. The principle behind it is that the Windows 98 machine handles the print request from the XP laptop, thus allowing the use of the existing printer driver on the Windows 98 machine or through the use of a uni driver. I also have a print test page for proof purposes from which I was last able to print from my XP laptop using the existing Win9x print driver on my Windows 98 machine. On this successful print test page, it states that the Driver Name is UNIDRV.DLL, the Printer Name and Port Name is \\M8N9J2\LEXMARK. M8N9J2 represented the old name of my Windows 98 machine before I recently reinstalled the machine. The data file on this test page is down as LXACSDRV.GPD. If I printed a local test page from my Win 98 machine, the driver name would be displayed as lxacpr.drv. At this stage, I have even reinstalled the Windows 98 machine with another print driver from the manufacturer's website in order to eliminate certain potential sources. However, it yielded the same result. I have contacted Lexmark about the issue and I'm still awaiting feedback from them. I can say for sure that the problem is not due to a TCP/IP networking or remote issue as I can access the shared folder over the LAN and I can see all shared resources on the Win98 machine from my XP machine in My Network Places. Both compurers are visible in My Network Places from my XP laptop in My Network Places. The printer driver on the Win98 machine is not causing the problem either and the use of a suitable XP printer driver (although not necessary) on the laptop does not help either as requested in the first error message above. I can't find a Lexmark driver that covers all Microsoft operating systems so it is very important to note that I can't install a universal type driver on my Windows 98 machine for that particular Lexmark printer model. This might solve the problem if I could. Anyway, it definitely worked before when I used the Win9x driver that came new with my PC as I was able to print over the network from my XP laptop without ever requiring a suitable XP driver. At this stage the problem must be due to a VSERVER.vxd conflict encountered while setting up File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks. I choosed to keep the new vserver.vxd as recommended at the time. It may also be due to recent windows update patches that were applied to both machines. Anyway, some configuration setting must have affected the interoperability between XP and 98 in relation to printer sharing in my workgroup network. I don't think there is any obvious or simple solution to this problem. Connecting to a shared printer only takes a few minutes to set up normally. I carried out the exact same procedure as I have done in the past. Like I said many times before, I was able to print from my XP laptop over the network in the past using the Win9x/Windows 2000 driver on the Windows 98 machine without any need for a XP driver. Please refer to the print Test Page details mentioned earlier if you have any doubts about this. I would greatly appreciate any help in relation to this issue from Microsoft or anybody out there. Thanks Martin |
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Try installing the DUN 1.4 update on the Win98 system. It updates many
network components and may help with your problem. Dial-Up Networking 1.4 Upgrade Is Available http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=285189 PattyL "Martin Healy" wrote in message ... I'm working in a mixed mode workgroup environment where my Windows 98 SE machine is providing two main resources for my Windows XP professional machine. They a A shared folder and a shared printer. I can access the shared folder on the Windows 98 machine over the LAN from my XP laptop but I can't connect to the shared printer on the Windows 98 machine over the LAN from my XP laptop. I can ping the Windows 98 machine from the XP laptop as well. When I attempt to browse or connect to the shared printer from my XP laptop in Add Printer Wizard by selecting Microsoft Windows NetworkWORKGROUPName of Win 98 machineLEXMARK, and clicking Next when the correct path name or queue appears on top as \\R9X3Q5\LEXMARK, the following error message appears: "The server for the Lexmark Z52 Series Colorfine printer does not have the correct printer driver installed. If you want to search for the proper driver, click OK. Otherwise, click OK. Otherwise, click cancel and contact your network administrator or original equipment manufacturer for the correct driver." However, when I downloaded and installed the correct Windows XP compatible driver from the manufacturer's website on my XP laptop, the Add Printer Wizard continued from where it left off above by requesting approval of the Software License Agreement, then a connect to printer error message appeared after a restart windows prompt stating "Windows cannot connect to the printer. Either the printer name was typed incorrectly or the specified printer has lost its connection to the server". Certainly, the printer name was not typed incorrectly and there was no connection loss to the server either because I can see all the shared resources including the shared printer on the Win 98 machine from my XP laptop in My Network Places. As mentioned before, I can access the shared folder on the Win 98 machine from my XP laptop and ping the destination computer. Please note that the printer is shared and the printer share name and printer port setting are all correct. The File and Printer service for Microsoft Networks is also installed and access is granted to my files and printer(s) as these check boxes are ticked. I was always able to print from this shared printer in the past using the same printer driver on the Win 98 machine. Furthermore, I didn't even have to use a XP driver on my XP laptop either as the existing Win9x/Win 2000 compatible driver on the Windows 98 machine allowed the Windows XP laptop to print from the shared printer over the local area network. The principle behind it is that the Windows 98 machine handles the print request from the XP laptop, thus allowing the use of the existing printer driver on the Windows 98 machine or through the use of a uni driver. I also have a print test page for proof purposes from which I was last able to print from my XP laptop using the existing Win9x print driver on my Windows 98 machine. On this successful print test page, it states that the Driver Name is UNIDRV.DLL, the Printer Name and Port Name is \\M8N9J2\LEXMARK. M8N9J2 represented the old name of my Windows 98 machine before I recently reinstalled the machine. The data file on this test page is down as LXACSDRV.GPD. If I printed a local test page from my Win 98 machine, the driver name would be displayed as lxacpr.drv. At this stage, I have even reinstalled the Windows 98 machine with another print driver from the manufacturer's website in order to eliminate certain potential sources. However, it yielded the same result. I have contacted Lexmark about the issue and I'm still awaiting feedback from them. I can say for sure that the problem is not due to a TCP/IP networking or remote issue as I can access the shared folder over the LAN and I can see all shared resources on the Win98 machine from my XP machine in My Network Places. Both compurers are visible in My Network Places from my XP laptop in My Network Places. The printer driver on the Win98 machine is not causing the problem either and the use of a suitable XP printer driver (although not necessary) on the laptop does not help either as requested in the first error message above. I can't find a Lexmark driver that covers all Microsoft operating systems so it is very important to note that I can't install a universal type driver on my Windows 98 machine for that particular Lexmark printer model. This might solve the problem if I could. Anyway, it definitely worked before when I used the Win9x driver that came new with my PC as I was able to over the network from my XP laptop without ever requiring a suitable XP driver. At this stage the problem must be due to a VSERVER.vxd conflict encountered while setting up File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks. I choosed to keep the new vserver.vxd as recommended at the time. It may also be due to recent windows update patches that were applied to both machines. Anyway, some configuration setting must have affected the interoperability between XP and 98 in relation to printer sharing in my workgroup network. I don't think there is any obvious or simple solution to this problem. Connecting to a shared printer only takes a few minutes to set up normally. I carried out the exact same procedure as I have done in the past. Like I said many times before, I was able to print from my XP laptop over the network in the past using the Win9x/Windows 2000 driver on the Windows 98 machine without any need for a XP driver. Please refer to the print Test Page details mentioned earlier if you have any doubts about this. I would greatly appreciate any help in relation to this issue from Microsoft or anybody out there. Thanks Martin |
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