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Thread ID: 118549 2011-06-09 23:55:00 Shared printer hassle. prefect (6291) Press F1
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1208215 2011-06-09 23:55:00 Brother 2140 printer crapped out and replaced it with a 2130 machine. My son has laptop with windoze 7 it worked fine printing on shared old printer, I deleted the 2140 in network sharing and did the add printer thing.
It cant find it so googled problem it says go to network sharing centre and check that turn on network discovery, turn on file and printer sharing public folder sharing is on and it was on as you would expect because it printed on old printer.
Next step was go to sharing and find the xp computer called lounge which has the new printer installed its not there only showing itself (laptop) and thomspson router.
What has gone so horribly wrong? can anyone help please otherwise its out cheque book to computer chick
prefect (6291)
1208216 2011-06-09 23:58:00 Try going theough this and see how you go!
helpdeskgeek.com
SolMiester (139)
1208217 2011-06-10 02:21:00 Uninstall the old drivers, install the new drivers (dont plug the new printer in) until the install tells you to. Then share the new printer Speedy Gonzales (78)
1208218 2011-06-10 03:09:00 Uninstall the old drivers, install the new drivers (dont plug the new printer in) until the install tells you to. Then share the new printer
The printer works fine off the computer its hooked up to and it works fine off another pc connected by Ethernet cable just wont work on boys laptop on wireless.
prefect (6291)
1208219 2011-06-10 04:59:00 Try going theough this and see how you go!
helpdeskgeek.com
I cant get past step 2 where it should show the XP computer did a system restore and the old printer is back but the xp computer does not show up
prefect (6291)
1208220 2011-06-10 05:03:00 Can you just go to the Run box and type in \\lounge to bring it up? CYaBro (73)
1208221 2011-06-10 05:08:00 Thanks but where is run box on windoze 7? prefect (6291)
1208222 2011-06-10 05:16:00 Found run typed in\\lounge nothing found prefect (6291)
1208223 2011-06-10 05:24:00 Can you ping the lounge PC?....turn off the firewall...for testing! SolMiester (139)
1208224 2011-06-10 05:45:00 Thanks for help I tried again typing in \\lounge and it worked pinged the printer up right clicked it installed it
Thanks again
prefect (6291)
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