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Connect XP machine to HPLJ5 on Win98 box

yeah, I know....old technology :-)

My customer has an NT 4.0 domain.

In that domain is a Windows 98 box with a Laserjet5 attached to LPT 1

I need to get to that printer from a Windows XP, SP2 machine (firewall turned off for now)

I am unable to ping the Win 98 machine by name, but can ping by IP address. I added the IP and machine name to the hosts file and rebooted, with no luck.

I am able to access network resources on the NT 4.0 server via the server name with no issues.

This is probably more networking than printers so if I need to I'll post a pointer elsewhere.

I'm a DBA, not a domain admin/printer/name resolution guy :-)

Thanks
Kevin3NF

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jrs_50

I like the 'should be able'. :-)

It might be easier to simply move the printer from the 98 system to the XP. If it's 'shared' it might actually work better for both anyway.

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Kevin Hill

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thanks all...I will run through these suggestions inthe next day or two when I am back onsite (no remote connection option...)

Kevin Hill

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scary...I haven't been back onsite yet :( and no remote access

If I get there in the next 4 days, I'll award poinks as appropriate otherwise no objections

Kevin3NF