| Re: Vista print problem with shared XP printer
"Ken Varn" <varnk@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> I am at my wits end trying to fix this. Please can someone give me some
> advice on how to get this working.[/color]
What you should do if you have a router in play here is go get a print
server that works with Vista and XP, plug the print server into a LAN port
on the router, and plug the printer into the print server. That way, the
printer is on the network and no computer hosts the printer with each one
being able to print to the printer connected to the print server
individually.
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_server[/url]
Print servers are cheap. I got one a couple of years ago, and the Linux and
Windows machines on the network sent the printout to the print server and to
the printer to be printed |