Hi

Ah - someone who has had similar ****** problems to me! Sorry to be a
nuisance, but could I just make sure I understand what I need to do to put
things right ....

At present, my printer is on my VISTA Pc and can be accessed from my
networked (via a router) XP Pc. Yes, using the printer from the XP Pc is
awful (very slow, Word problems, etc).

Would it be the case that, as my printer (an Epson Stylus CX5200)
manufacturer does not supply a VISTA driver, there would be no point in my
trying your suggested solution?

No doubt a daft question but still hoping you can help (!) ...

Cheers,
John
[To reply to me ONLY, remove the 'zy_']


"Kiwi John" <KiwiJohn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1962CC54-2708-4EEF-B0C7-429D74A8A4C9@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Hey, you may well have found a better solution now, but this is what I
> learned. Install the printer on your Vista machine as a local printer. In
> the
> port name put the path to the shared printer on the XP machine eg. \\xp
> computer\printer. Make sure you install the Vista driver for the printer
> on
> the vista machine. (If you install as a network printer Windows
> automatically
> installs the driver off the XP machine and you can't change it)
>
> I did this and printing from the vista machine was as fast as printing
> from
> the XP machine that the printer was attached to. Also resolved all the
> printing issues I had with Office products, particularly Word 2003.
>
> "Upstech" wrote:
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>> Oh no worries. I appreciate the responses either way.
>>
>> "freddy" wrote:
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>> > Upstech,
>> >
>> > Oh, OK. I didn't appreciate the point you were making. That can
>> > happen
>> > when one is trying to understand a situation from afar.
>> > --
>> > freddy
>> >
>> >
>> > "Upstech" wrote:
>> >
>> > > I appreciate the replies but I am very familiar with setting up a
>> > > shared
>> > > printer. The printer is already shared but printing from vista to XP
>> > > is just
>> > > terribly slow. I was just looking to see if anyone else is
>> > > experiencing the
>> > > issue. The driver I used for the printer on the XP machine is
>> > > actually
>> > > compatible for XP and Vista. The printer works fine thru most
>> > > application its
>> > > just that it locks up printing from Peachtree.
>> > > >
>> > > > I neglected to ask whether the printer drivers are compatible with
>> > > > Vista?
>> > > > I'm not sure how sharing a printer on a network using the same
>> > > > drivers on two
>> > > > versions of Windows works. Anyone?
>> > > > --
>> > > > freddy
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > "Upstech" wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > > I am using Windows Vista Home and am having problems printing to
>> > > > > a shared
>> > > > > printer. The shared printer is connected to a Windows XP
>> > > > > workstation. The
>> > > > > printer is a sharp copier connected via USB. The network is two
>> > > > > workstations
>> > > > > in a workgroup connected via a wireless connection. It takes a
>> > > > > very long time
>> > > > > and even times out when printing from peachtree. I have never
>> > > > > experienced an
>> > > > > issue like this with XP. Any suggestions or comments would be
>> > > > > greatly
>> > > > > appreciated.
>> > > > >
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