novender
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Shared Printer Problems xp/2000
Ok guys heres one for ya....
2k pro machine with a parralel printer(shared) attached to it....Fine
a Xp machine on the same network can connect to the machine and print thru it using the shared printer. Great stuff!!!
PROBLEM IS that when you reboot the xp machine the printer cannot be used or can you see the properties on the printer. Its like it doesnt remember anything. (the printer looks ok) but there is a weird error next to it
PRINTER COULD NOT BE ACCESSED (or something like that) must be common but ive been all over the place and i cant find it anywhere
regards
andy
2k pro machine with a parralel printer(shared) attached to it....Fine
a Xp machine on the same network can connect to the machine and print thru it using the shared printer. Great stuff!!!
PROBLEM IS that when you reboot the xp machine the printer cannot be used or can you see the properties on the printer. Its like it doesnt remember anything. (the printer looks ok) but there is a weird error next to it
PRINTER COULD NOT BE ACCESSED (or something like that) must be common but ive been all over the place and i cant find it anywhere
regards
andy
ASKER
Stoner thanks for the reply... Not tried accessing a share (probably should) only using it for sharing printer.
Tried creating another shared printer, removed it and added it again etc etc etc on the client and the host. No joy
What else did i do, emm, you can ping the machine there is no prob there .
If I cant get it sorted then im gonn invest in a print server. its a weird one
thanks again
andy
Tried creating another shared printer, removed it and added it again etc etc etc on the client and the host. No joy
What else did i do, emm, you can ping the machine there is no prob there .
If I cant get it sorted then im gonn invest in a print server. its a weird one
thanks again
andy
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ASKER
I remember installing netbui on xp ages ago but cant remember why, I will try that,
Thanks for the detailed reply :-) Many thanks
andy
Thanks for the detailed reply :-) Many thanks
andy
If the netbeiu doesn't work try adding the hosts ip address in the xp hosts file and the netbios name in the lmhosts file to see if that helps.
Are there any firewalls running?
Are there any firewalls running?
ASKER
no firewalls running, lmhost is a goos idea. Seems like alot of fuss for something that has worked for me 100 times in the past
thanks
andy
thanks
andy
Anything work out for you ?
novender
how is it going ?
how is it going ?
ASKER
bought a print server, thanks for your help
andy
andy
well thanks for the points,
you must be feeling nice for the holidays.
sorry it didn't work out the way you wanted
thanks again
wtrmk74
you must be feeling nice for the holidays.
sorry it didn't work out the way you wanted
thanks again
wtrmk74
Can you still access any other shares on that machine after rebooting? If so, try creating another printer share and see if that helps.