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I have a XP PRO wired to a Belkin Router. I have a HP OfficeJet V40 connected

via USB to the XP machine. They print fine. I even have another XP wired to

the router and via the network it prints fine. The trouble is when I connect

my laptop to the network. I can share files great. I can even see the printer

on the network. I add it to the laptop (vista, and have tried Mac OSX) which

is connected via the WIRELESS on the router. It wont print! It HAS worked

before in this setup. I restored the router to default settings. No change.

 

any ideas would help

THANKS!

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Guest Edward W. Thompson
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Re: it sees the printer but cant print

 

 

"Gena" <Gena@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:31C6F835-80E0-4E44-AD16-5174CF0611AD@microsoft.com...

>I have a XP PRO wired to a Belkin Router. I have a HP OfficeJet V40

>connected

> via USB to the XP machine. They print fine. I even have another XP wired

> to

> the router and via the network it prints fine. The trouble is when I

> connect

> my laptop to the network. I can share files great. I can even see the

> printer

> on the network. I add it to the laptop (vista, and have tried Mac OSX)

> which

> is connected via the WIRELESS on the router. It wont print! It HAS worked

> before in this setup. I restored the router to default settings. No

> change.

>

> any ideas would help

> THANKS!

 

I assume when you say the laptop can see the printer you can 'ping' the

printer from the laptop. If my assumption is correct it would appear to

point to a laptop printer driver problem. I suggest you delete then

reinstall the printer driver.

Guest M.I.5¾
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Re: it sees the printer but cant print

 

 

"Gena" <Gena@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:31C6F835-80E0-4E44-AD16-5174CF0611AD@microsoft.com...

>I have a XP PRO wired to a Belkin Router. I have a HP OfficeJet V40

>connected

> via USB to the XP machine. They print fine. I even have another XP wired

> to

> the router and via the network it prints fine. The trouble is when I

> connect

> my laptop to the network. I can share files great. I can even see the

> printer

> on the network. I add it to the laptop (vista, and have tried Mac OSX)

> which

> is connected via the WIRELESS on the router. It wont print! It HAS worked

> before in this setup. I restored the router to default settings. No

> change.

>

 

Whenever I encounter this sort of problem 9 times out of 10, it's a firewall

blocking the access.


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