"Gordon @ NoSPAM.com" wrote in message
news:fj9nu39tns6rn6dbsm7jkgevo1djtaqu70@4ax.com...[color=blue]
>I have a 3 PC network over which I cannot print. I can copy, move
> and delete files, as far as I know my only limitation is printing.
>
> The printer work fine when connect directly to any PC.
>
> PC #1 is my "main" PC -- Vista Home Premium PC wired to the router
> and printer. Printer is an HP 1022 with the most recent Vista
> drivers. Printer is shared, Password Protected Sharing has been for
> On and Off - no difference I can see. File Sharing is ON. Network
> name is the same on all PCs.
>
> The other two PCs are XP Professional PCs. They happen to be
> connected wirelessly, but at various times both have been connected
> to the router via Cat5 cables - no differences I can see.
>
> I can browse from either XP machine and "see" and "install" the HP
> 1022 printer. When I Print a document, the document enters the queue,
> but nothing happens at the printer. No lights changing - nothing. At
> that point I can no longer print anything from PC#1. I cannot
> "delete" these items from the print queue, although Windows acts as if
> I can. i.e. Windows says "deleting" and later sometimes "deleted",
> but the document is in the queue.
>
> The only solution I have found is this - open Services on the Vista
> PC, stop and restart the Print Spooler service. At this point all the
> documents, regardless of source, print off the HP 1022.
>
> If it matters, I had no trouble printing from this same printer with
> my previous PC which happens also to have been an XP Professional
> machine.
>
> Gordon
> Atlanta, GA
> USA[/color]

Have you tried checking the permissions on the sharing of the printer? I'd
try giving everyone Print, Manage Printer and Manage Documents permissions.

-Frank