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Printer doesn't work after reboot
Name: jdennis789 Date: October 7, 2004 at 06:41:17 Pacific OS: Windows XP CPU/Ram: 256 MB DIMM
Comment:
I have 2 Dell dimension 3000 desktops and a 3100cn Dell Printer. Whenever I go to turn the printer off and the computers and turn them back on, the computers lose the network connection to the printer and I have to reinstall printer drivers to help the computers talk to the printer again. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong. I know there's gotta be a way where I can turn everything off then later, turn them back on and everyone (the 2 computers and printer) keep their network connection.
Name: seawatch Date: October 7, 2004 at 10:06:00 Pacific
Reply:
There is a box to check under your settings in your Network Places to "Restore Network Connection At Logon" (I believe that's the wording.)
Put a check mark in that box and you should be good to go.
Larry
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Response Number 2
Name: jdennis789 Date: October 7, 2004 at 19:34:46 Pacific
Reply:
Where's that checkbox in network settings?
http://hyperlinkzservices.tripod.com/index.htm
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Response Number 3
Name: josepineda1 Date: October 8, 2004 at 12:13:10 Pacific
Reply:
in response to your previous post on the same issue. I doubt this is a printer driver issue: *** Ok, so there's a print server, and you must be on a network that has a dhcp server of some sort. If so, why not just reserve the IP address for the print device in DHCP? I'm not sure what you mean by "...I have to reinstall drivers and re-establish the network settings." What settings, the printer's, your pc's? If it's the printer's, then assign it a static IP address. Let us know what happens.
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Response Number 4
Name: seawatch Date: October 11, 2004 at 20:38:48 Pacific
Reply:
I forgot to say,
You have to map the "C" drive of the computer your printer is physically hooked to.
Then map that "C" drive and then the computer will connect to that computer and the printer that it is hooked up to.
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