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Can you use a Win98 PC with dedicated printer attached as a print server for Vista laptop ?
I can set up my printer to share over network and Vista laptop sees printer
on network but Vista won't connect. Do I have to declare this legacy print server a Win 98SE machine somehow ? Probably more a Vista question and I have posted but thought someone must have experience in trying this. |
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Can you use a Win98 PC with dedicated printer attached as a print server for Vista laptop ?
Yeah, I just had experience with this, but can't recall the exact steps.
Sorry. Thing is, you need Vista drivers for the printer, and when I tried to install it manually as a local printer, as per the instructions I recall, it turns out Vista comes preloaded with every DeskJet printer *except* 692C. IOW I'm SOL. But you might be luckier and find the right driver. Then, as I said, you install in as a local printer (on some free LPT port) and then run some command to bind it to the remote printer. Others say you can create a new port while installing, but I'm not clear on that one and no literature I have come across seems to be very clear, either. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com "Warren" wrote in message ... I can set up my printer to share over network and Vista laptop sees printer on network but Vista won't connect. Do I have to declare this legacy server a Win 98SE machine somehow ? Probably more a Vista question and I have posted but thought someone must have experience in trying this. |
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Can you use a Win98 PC with dedicated printer attached as a print server for Vista laptop ?
Interesting, I tried installing as a network printer, Vista could see it
because I enabled printer sharing, but it couldn't communicate with it. I thought of a local driver, which I think Vista has, but I'm unclear how to connect it to the Win98 print server. "Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message ... Yeah, I just had experience with this, but can't recall the exact steps. Sorry. Thing is, you need Vista drivers for the printer, and when I tried to install it manually as a local printer, as per the instructions I recall, it turns out Vista comes preloaded with every DeskJet printer *except* 692C. IOW I'm SOL. But you might be luckier and find the right driver. Then, as I said, you install in as a local printer (on some free LPT port) and then run some command to bind it to the remote printer. Others say you can create a new port while installing, but I'm not clear on that one and no literature I have come across seems to be very clear, either. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com "Warren" wrote in message ... I can set up my printer to share over network and Vista laptop sees printer on network but Vista won't connect. Do I have to declare this legacy server a Win 98SE machine somehow ? Probably more a Vista question and I have posted but thought someone must have experience in trying this. |
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Can you use a Win98 PC with dedicated printer attached as a print server for Vista laptop ?
This is actually a Vista issue. To connect a network printer using Vista
you need to create a local port and connect the printer to that port. See, for instance: http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/...2680&SiteID=17 -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Warren" wrote in message ... Interesting, I tried installing as a network printer, Vista could see it because I enabled printer sharing, but it couldn't communicate with it. I thought of a local driver, which I think Vista has, but I'm unclear how to connect it to the Win98 print server. "Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message ... Yeah, I just had experience with this, but can't recall the exact steps. Sorry. Thing is, you need Vista drivers for the printer, and when I tried to install it manually as a local printer, as per the instructions I recall, it turns out Vista comes preloaded with every DeskJet printer *except* 692C. IOW I'm SOL. But you might be luckier and find the right driver. Then, as I said, you install in as a local printer (on some free LPT port) and then run some command to bind it to the remote printer. Others say you can create a new port while installing, but I'm not clear on that one and no literature I have come across seems to be very clear, either. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com "Warren" wrote in message ... I can set up my printer to share over network and Vista laptop sees printer on network but Vista won't connect. Do I have to declare this legacy server a Win 98SE machine somehow ? Probably more a Vista question and I have posted but thought someone must have experience in trying this. |
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Can you use a Win98 PC with dedicated printer attached as a print server for Vista laptop ?
The item I've been trying to remember suggested using any available local
port (LPT1, for example), then mapping that to the printer address with, IIRC, a netsh command. The method you posted is much more sensible. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com "Jeff Richards" wrote in message ... This is actually a Vista issue. To connect a network printer using Vista you need to create a local port and connect the printer to that port. See, for instance: http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/...2680&SiteID=17 -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Warren" wrote in message ... Interesting, I tried installing as a network printer, Vista could see it because I enabled printer sharing, but it couldn't communicate with it. I thought of a local driver, which I think Vista has, but I'm unclear how to connect it to the Win98 print server. "Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message ... Yeah, I just had experience with this, but can't recall the exact steps. Sorry. Thing is, you need Vista drivers for the printer, and when I tried to install it manually as a local printer, as per the instructions I recall, it turns out Vista comes preloaded with every DeskJet printer *except* 692C. IOW I'm SOL. But you might be luckier and find the right driver. Then, as I said, you install in as a local printer (on some free LPT port) and then run some command to bind it to the remote printer. Others say you can create a new port while installing, but I'm not clear on that one and no literature I have come across seems to be very clear, either. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com "Warren" wrote in message ... I can set up my printer to share over network and Vista laptop sees printer on network but Vista won't connect. Do I have to declare this legacy server a Win 98SE machine somehow ? Probably more a Vista question and I have posted but thought someone must have experience in trying this. |
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Can you use a Win98 PC with dedicated printer attached as a print server for Vista laptop ?
Thanks Jeff, I'll take a look ))
"Jeff Richards" wrote in message ... This is actually a Vista issue. To connect a network printer using Vista you need to create a local port and connect the printer to that port. See, for instance: http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/...2680&SiteID=17 -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Warren" wrote in message ... Interesting, I tried installing as a network printer, Vista could see it because I enabled printer sharing, but it couldn't communicate with it. I thought of a local driver, which I think Vista has, but I'm unclear how to connect it to the Win98 print server. "Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message ... Yeah, I just had experience with this, but can't recall the exact steps. Sorry. Thing is, you need Vista drivers for the printer, and when I tried to install it manually as a local printer, as per the instructions I recall, it turns out Vista comes preloaded with every DeskJet printer *except* 692C. IOW I'm SOL. But you might be luckier and find the right driver. Then, as I said, you install in as a local printer (on some free LPT port) and then run some command to bind it to the remote printer. Others say you can create a new port while installing, but I'm not clear on that one and no literature I have come across seems to be very clear, either. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com "Warren" wrote in message ... I can set up my printer to share over network and Vista laptop sees printer on network but Vista won't connect. Do I have to declare this legacy server a Win 98SE machine somehow ? Probably more a Vista question and I have posted but thought someone must have experience in trying this. |
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Can you use a Win98 PC with dedicated printer attached as a print server for Vista laptop ?
No wonder so many people don't like Vista, but this looks like the solution
alright, thank you very much )) "Warren" wrote in message ... Thanks Jeff, I'll take a look )) "Jeff Richards" wrote in message ... This is actually a Vista issue. To connect a network printer using Vista you need to create a local port and connect the printer to that port. See, for instance: http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/...2680&SiteID=17 -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Warren" wrote in message ... Interesting, I tried installing as a network printer, Vista could see it because I enabled printer sharing, but it couldn't communicate with it. I thought of a local driver, which I think Vista has, but I'm unclear how to connect it to the Win98 print server. "Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message ... Yeah, I just had experience with this, but can't recall the exact steps. Sorry. Thing is, you need Vista drivers for the printer, and when I tried to install it manually as a local printer, as per the instructions I recall, it turns out Vista comes preloaded with every DeskJet printer *except* 692C. IOW I'm SOL. But you might be luckier and find the right driver. Then, as I said, you install in as a local printer (on some free LPT port) and then run some command to bind it to the remote printer. Others say you can create a new port while installing, but I'm not clear on that one and no literature I have come across seems to be very clear, either. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com "Warren" wrote in message ... I can set up my printer to share over network and Vista laptop sees printer on network but Vista won't connect. Do I have to declare this legacy server a Win 98SE machine somehow ? Probably more a Vista question and I have posted but thought someone must have experience in trying this. |
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