Wireless Printing from Vista to Dell Printer on XP Laptop
#1
Posted 24 April 2008 - 03:21 PM
#2
Posted 25 April 2008 - 06:01 PM
Welcome to G2G
I assume that you have print sharing enabled and that the printer has the shared symbol on it.
Can you try this for me please
1. Click Start, and then click Network. (Or you can click Start, type ncpa.cpl into the search box, and press ENTER).
2. Click on the Network and Sharing Center, and then click Manage Network Connections.
3. Right click on the Local Area Connection or the connection you are using.
4. Select the Internet Protocol version 4 (TCP/IPv4)
5. Click the Advanced button under the General tab.
6. Click the WINS tab.
7. Click the Enable NetBIOS Over TCP/IP button.
8. Click Ok.
Cheers
Peterm
#3
Posted 28 April 2008 - 07:27 AM
Thanks again
sandmc
#4
Posted 28 April 2008 - 05:39 PM
have you loaded the dell software onto the vista machine.
Instead of setting the printer to local port try this on the vista.
1 Click Start→Settings→Printers. 2 Click Add Printer to launch the Add Printer wizard. 3 Click Network Print Server. 4 Select the network printer from the Shared printers list. If the printer is not listed, type in the path of the printer in the text box. For example:\\<server host name>\<shared printer name> The server host name is the name of the server computer that identifies it to the network. The shared printer name is the name assigned during the server installation process. 5 Click OK. If this is a new printer, you may be prompted to install a printer driver. If no system driver is available, then you will need to provide a path to available drivers. 6 Select whether you want this printer as the default printer for this client,
Cheers
peterm
Edited by peterm, 28 April 2008 - 05:46 PM.
#5
Posted 01 May 2008 - 12:21 PM
#6
Posted 05 May 2008 - 12:47 AM
Do you go through the steps and reinstall the driver anyway ?.and will ask to install a driver (which is already installed on my computer).
Is the lexmark connected to this laptop ?. If No is the laptop in the same workgroup as the other computers.What makes this even more confusing is that I am able to connect to other (Lexmark) printers on both my home and work workgroups,
Are you running any firewalls that the dell printer has not been added to. eg zone alarm trend micro etc?
Cheers
peterm
Edited by peterm, 05 May 2008 - 12:51 AM.
#7
Posted 05 May 2008 - 01:50 PM
This is odd. I have been reading the manual on this printer and it should network.
I am able to use it on the network from another laptop (a gateway)
Do you go through the steps and reinstall the driver anyway ?.
I tried, but attempted to use the windows update option to make sure I have the most current driver, but after searching, Windows update cannot find a driver for a Dell AIO940. I did however go to the dell website, and make sure that I have the most current driver for Vista on my laptop
Is the lexmark connected to this laptop ?. If No is the laptop in the same workgroup as the other computers.
The lexmark is not connected to the laptop, but to another desktop on the same network in the same workgroup. We are a small office, and only have one workgroup. I am able to print to it wirelessly.
Are you running any firewalls that the dell printer has not been added to. eg zone alarm trend micro etc?
No...No firewalls other than windows
Thanks again,
sandmc
#8
Posted 06 May 2008 - 07:55 PM
After installing drivers, go to Control Panel > Printers
-Right click on the printer, go to Properties, then the Ports Tab. Disable
"Enable bidirectional support"
This was meant to be on the vista machine I have been re reading the post and noticed I left that out - sorry1. Click Start, and then click Network. (Or you can click Start, type ncpa.cpl into the search box, and press ENTER).
2. Click on the Network and Sharing Center, and then click Manage Network Connections.
3. Right click on the Local Area Connection or the connection you are using.
4. Select the Internet Protocol version 4 (TCP/IPv4)
5. Click the Advanced button under the General tab.
6. Click the WINS tab.
7. Click the Enable NetBIOS Over TCP/IP button.
8. Click Ok.
Peterm
Edited by peterm, 06 May 2008 - 08:21 PM.
#9
Posted 07 May 2008 - 01:11 PM
#10
Posted 09 May 2008 - 04:10 PM
On the xp machine go to the dell printer. Right click, left click properties, Click on advanced, Click on add driver
Follow the wizard and see if it lets you add the vista driver.
If the above does not work or interferes with the non vista computers then add the dell printer as a second copy on the xp machine and choose the vista printer driver. It is ok to have more then 1 copy of the same printer on the one machine.
Cheers
peterm
Edited by peterm, 09 May 2008 - 04:24 PM.
#11
Posted 21 May 2008 - 11:30 AM
#12
Posted 21 May 2008 - 04:16 PM
are you running 32bit vista or 64
Cheers
Peterm
#13
Posted 02 June 2008 - 08:21 AM
#14
Posted 03 June 2008 - 03:03 PM
I am not sure what I have done...I tried reinstalling yesterday, and also deleted and restored a connection to the port that I had created, and now I can print wirelessly
Thanks for all your help!
Mark
#15
Posted 03 June 2008 - 04:48 PM
Glad you got it going.
Sorry I was unable to help.
Cheers
Peterm
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