Can not get printer sharing to work

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I've got several computers networked together by plugging each into a port
on the back of
my DSL box. Internet works fine on all. Now on 1 PC I have configured the
printer to be "shared".
Rebooted, disabled ZoneAlarm just to make sure that wasn't the problem. On
a 2nd PC,
I try to "add a printer" from the Printers and Faxes applet in the control
panel. Tell it I want to add
a network printer, browse for it, but Windows cannot locate the printer. I
tried specifying the
exact name, i.e. \\computername\\printername but I get the same problem.
All my PCs have the
same problem. Any ideas?

 

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> The only thing I can think of right now is are all the computers in the
> same workgroup? Although they all can access the Internet, that doesn't
> mean they are in the same workgroup. Try pinging the computer sharing
> the printer and see if replys back.
>
> Another method you can try is opening up Network Places and browsing
> for it there.

Yes I can ping the computer with the shared printer fine. All the PCs have
the same workgroup
defined - "MSHOME". I should mention also that when "Add a printer" browses
for the printer,
it does display the work group and the name of the remote computer under
that, it just does not
show any printers. As though the printer is not really shared, even though
I did set it that way.

Is there perhaps any other networking software I can use to perform this
function? I'm not
convinced that this feature of Windows actually works.

 

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Did you work through:
http://www.coribright.com/windows/Article%20Six.htm

If so, at which part did you come to a dead stop?
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Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging



"Jeff McKay" <comaxis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I've got several computers networked together by plugging each into a port
> on the back of
> my DSL box. Internet works fine on all. Now on 1 PC I have configured
> the
> printer to be "shared".
> Rebooted, disabled ZoneAlarm just to make sure that wasn't the problem.
> On
> a 2nd PC,
> I try to "add a printer" from the Printers and Faxes applet in the control
> panel. Tell it I want to add
> a network printer, browse for it, but Windows cannot locate the printer.
> I
> tried specifying the
> exact name, i.e. \\computername\\printername but I get the same problem.
> All my PCs have the
> same problem. Any ideas?
>
>

 

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Jeff McKay Wrote:
> The only thing I can think of right now is are all the computers in
> the-
> same workgroup? Although they all can access the Internet, that
> doesn't
> mean they are in the same workgroup. Try pinging the computer sharing
> the printer and see if replys back.
>
> Another method you can try is opening up Network Places and browsing
> for it there.-
>
> Yes I can ping the computer with the shared printer fine. All the PCs
> have
> the same workgroup
> defined - "MSHOME". I should mention also that when "Add a printer"
> browses
> for the printer,
> it does display the work group and the name of the remote computer
> under
> that, it just does not
> show any printers. As though the printer is not really shared, even
> though
> I did set it that way.
>
> Is there perhaps any other networking software I can use to perform
> this
> function? I'm not
> convinced that this feature of Windows actually works.

I forgot to mention, did you have file and printer sharing turned on???


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