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Printing from a HP Laserjet 4200
Name: Adam Date: May 13, 2003 at 19:33:59 Pacific OS: Windows XP Home and Windo CPU/Ram: n/a
Comment:
Hi,
I am trying to setup a small network of two computers via a Linksys Wireless Ethernet Router. Everything works fine except for printer sharing. I am using a HP Laserjet 4200 and it was previously connected to the laptop (running XP Home). However, I would like to connect the printer to another computer, running Windows 98 so I can print from anywhere in the house. When I go to print in XP Home, it says unable to Create print job, as an error and nothing happens, however it works fine in Windows 98, and works fine when directly connected to the laptop...
Name: Don Miller Date: May 14, 2003 at 05:03:34 Pacific
Reply:
You have to make sure the HP on the Win98 machine is setup as a shared network resource. Then, when setting up the printer make sure it is classified as a Network Printer.
In the HP printer definition on the XP box, make sure that the HP printer is setup as a network printer too. Then, depending on your network initialization, the XP box must connect to the network and the printer connection.
Sometimes, it's easier to use a printer-server on the network so that the computer that the printer is connected to doesn't have to be on.
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