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Thread ID: 18769	2002-05-01 23:12:00	Driver problem? I fixed my HP Laserjet printing problem but.....	Guest (0)	Press F1

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46736	2002-05-01 23:12:00	I resolved my HP6L faint printing problem by buying a new HP1200 laserjet. It was easier than wasting more time on the old girl. Since it prints so nicely i decided to share it with my other computer on a simple network. The network set up ok and sharing is enabled and working, however to be able to print from the remote computer I had to allow the sharing wizard on the remote computer to install printer drivers. It said that the drivers were not installed and didn't offer any options. Is it normal to require drivers on every computer that shares a printer or have I enabled sharing wrongly? (Clayton's sharing?) Host is Win98 and the share is on Windows 2000. Thanx Alex	Guest (0)
46737	2002-05-02 00:30:00	Absolutely! Think of your network connection to the printer as just a long printer cable connected to your remote computer. Without a printer driver - you have nothing to print to.	Guest (0)
46738	2002-05-02 03:56:00	Thanx wuppo It feels good to know i got it right. HP1200 is great but sooooo much noisier than the HP6L. Sounds very industrial! Alex	Guest (0)
46739	2002-05-02 04:01:00	Thanx wuppo It feels good to know i got it right. HP1200 is great but sooooo much noisier than the HP6L. Sounds very industrial! Alex	Guest (0)
46740	2002-05-02 04:44:00	Yes you will require driver(s) on each machine. The process that trans lates what your app wants to print to a print file is handled locally and just the print spool file gets sent to the printer. The local machine threfore needs to know how to do that translation and the driver provides part of that.	Guest (0)
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