Andrew Crofts
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Printer says Offline
I have a printer that is attached to a Vista desktop. I have had a number of different laptops (win 2000 and Win XP) connecting via peer to peer network wirelessly and have been able to print on the the printer.
I now have a Windows 7 laptop. Initially I added the printer. My recollection of what happened may be a bit vague but I beleive I was asked for credentials. I entered a user name that I knew existed on the Vista machine and the appropriate password and everything worked ok. Maybe only one print.
Another day. Both Win 7 and Vista machines would have been restarted. When attempting to print, the printer is shown as offline. I couldn't seem to do anything to get it to work so I removed the printer and re-added it. Again it asked for credentials. I entered a user that which just happens to be the same on both machines, left the password blank, as it is not set on the Vista machine for that user. I checked a box to "remember" the credentials ( I am pretty sure I did) and again printing was possible. Again printing was only attempted once.
The next day (restart of both machines in between) an attempt to print was met with printer offline message again. It does not prompt for credentials. It does not indicate any reason why it thinks it is offline line or how to get it online again.
Any help here would be gratefully received.
TIA
I now have a Windows 7 laptop. Initially I added the printer. My recollection of what happened may be a bit vague but I beleive I was asked for credentials. I entered a user name that I knew existed on the Vista machine and the appropriate password and everything worked ok. Maybe only one print.
Another day. Both Win 7 and Vista machines would have been restarted. When attempting to print, the printer is shown as offline. I couldn't seem to do anything to get it to work so I removed the printer and re-added it. Again it asked for credentials. I entered a user that which just happens to be the same on both machines, left the password blank, as it is not set on the Vista machine for that user. I checked a box to "remember" the credentials ( I am pretty sure I did) and again printing was possible. Again printing was only attempted once.
The next day (restart of both machines in between) an attempt to print was met with printer offline message again. It does not prompt for credentials. It does not indicate any reason why it thinks it is offline line or how to get it online again.
Any help here would be gratefully received.
TIA
Lot in EE itself, please see them: http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Awww.experts-exchange.com+printer+offline
Hi,
Since you are talking about Peer to Peer Network here, see if this works.
Try and Power on the machines in this sequence:
1. The Printer
2. The Vista Machine (One to which the printer is physically connected)
3. The client PC(s) wishing to access the printer.
If I remember correctly from the bygone era (I'm talking Windows 3.11 and 9x here), If the shared resources is powered on after the Physically connected machine, the printing would fail.
Hope this helps.
Warm regards,
Sarang
Since you are talking about Peer to Peer Network here, see if this works.
Try and Power on the machines in this sequence:
1. The Printer
2. The Vista Machine (One to which the printer is physically connected)
3. The client PC(s) wishing to access the printer.
If I remember correctly from the bygone era (I'm talking Windows 3.11 and 9x here), If the shared resources is powered on after the Physically connected machine, the printing would fail.
Hope this helps.
Warm regards,
Sarang
ASKER
Fayaz
Thank you but I am capable of googling or even searching EE but printer offline is rather vague. I post on EE with hope of getting someone who might have an idea of what my specific problem might be, with whom I might enter into a dialogue with to solve the problem.
sarangk
Machines with Win2000 and XP have not had this problem and were unaffected by order of powering on. I feel this is more likely to be a Win 7 thing that I am missing.
Thank you but I am capable of googling or even searching EE but printer offline is rather vague. I post on EE with hope of getting someone who might have an idea of what my specific problem might be, with whom I might enter into a dialogue with to solve the problem.
sarangk
Machines with Win2000 and XP have not had this problem and were unaffected by order of powering on. I feel this is more likely to be a Win 7 thing that I am missing.
Sorry, but I haven't had any experience with Windows 7 so far.
Wish you all the best for a speedy solution.
Warm regards,
Sarang
Wish you all the best for a speedy solution.
Warm regards,
Sarang
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Uninstall again your printer drivers
then
Try to empty your pagefile, set to 0
Delete \Windows\Prefetch Folder
restart
Use "ccleaner" for cleaning mix-up registry errors
Clean Registry scan for issues
after
install again the printer driver
then set pagefile to system limit or your custom size
restart again
when boot-up again
try it
then
Try to empty your pagefile, set to 0
Delete \Windows\Prefetch Folder
restart
Use "ccleaner" for cleaning mix-up registry errors
Clean Registry scan for issues
after
install again the printer driver
then set pagefile to system limit or your custom size
restart again
when boot-up again
try it
ASKER
Can you justify why I should do all that?
ASKER
>Do you use the same user credentials on each pc? If not create a user account on the Win7 pc that matches the Win XP one and vice versa on the Win XP machine.
I think they are. I will check
>I am assuming you are not in a domain.
I am not
I think they are. I will check
>I am assuming you are not in a domain.
I am not
Any updates?
Regards,
Sarang
Regards,
Sarang
ASKER
Sorry, not had the time to look into this
you should not ask the question if you have no time to test there help
anyway it's good to have your printer back online
anyway it's good to have your printer back online