-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 05/21/07 08:00, Eric A. Bonney, CPA wrote: > I am trying to setup a Dell Printer on my laptop that is being shared > from an XP Pro desktop. The printer does work fine locally on the > desktop and wirelessly from another WinXP Pro laptop. I am trying to > add the printer using Printers off the Kmenu->Settings. I know the name > of the computer that it is being shared from and I know the shared name > of the printer from the XP desktop. I have tried scanning the network > but my laptop comes back every time with nothing found. > > The printer is connected to the desktop via a USB cable and the port > number that is assigned to the printer in XP is USB001 (virtual port). > Could this be the root of the problem? I am not even sure I will be > able to print to the printer, but at this point, I can't even see the > printer. I have also opened up port 9100 on my firewall just in case, > but that didn't work either, so I removed it. > > Any additional help would be appreciated.
Have you installed samba? That's what implements the file- and print-server protocols that Windows uses. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGUaOpS9HxQb37XmcRAmDMAKC8U/u8bOIvT607xEPab8wbMSe8oACgw+qF emSYArrfuNZxW2/sUsK8cOU= =YeRh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
