I have a desktop running XP, a laptop running the media center
edition, and a Linksys router.  I managed to get everything working
properly...until I brought a new printer into the mix.  The printer is
an HP Deskjet 6980.  When I introduced the printer, everything quit
working.  A friend came over and straightened things out for me, and
everything worked find for months.  Now my laptop will not print
wirelessly, and my desktop will only print what's in the spooler after
I reboot. The printer is connected to my desktop via ethernet cable
that goes through the router.

  When I try and print something I get the following box:  "The print
spooler was unable to connect  to your printer.  This can be caused by
your printer being turned off, the cable being unplugged, or being
connected to a VPN, which will block your access to your local
network.  Your document will print when the printer becomes
available."

The printer is on and the plugs are all connected.  Yet it only prints
upon rebooting.  When I try and send something to the printer after
that, I get the above message and have to reboot again if I want it to
actually print.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks much,
Chris

On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 11:26:10 -0800 (PST), stat1***@aol.com wrote:

Do you have a network set up?   We have two desktops connected to the
router by cat 6 cables and two laptops that connect wirelessly all on a
home network. The two printers are a connected to the desktops and are
also accessible by both the laptops via the network.

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