Laptop not recognising networked printers

11 Nov 2006 8:14 AM

Nick

Hi.......I have a Desktop & Laptop both connected via a Di-Link DSL-G604T
modem. They were networked so that the laptop could access the 2 printers
connected to the Desktop and this was working great. But.......in the last
few days I needed to get a clean Windows install done on the desktop & have
reloaded all my software/drivers etc.

Everything is reconnected and the Desktop is now fine & can access both
printers but the laptop can't locate them when I use the add printer wizard.
I seem to recall having the same problem about a year ago when I first set
the network up but by fluke or accident it eventually worked but now I'm
stumped.

Any suggestions would be gratefully received.

Cheers

Nick from New Zealand

11 Nov 2006 9:46 AM

easyrider

Enable printer and file sharing in properties and add the printers to the
network and it should work.
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>
> Hi.......I have a Desktop & Laptop both connected via a Di-Link DSL-G604T
> modem. They were networked so that the laptop could access the 2 printers
> connected to the Desktop and this was working great. But.......in the
> last
> few days I needed to get a clean Windows install done on the desktop &
> have
> reloaded all my software/drivers etc.
>
> Everything is reconnected and the Desktop is now fine & can access both
> printers but the laptop can't locate them when I use the add printer
> wizard.
> I seem to recall having the same problem about a year ago when I first set
> the network up but by fluke or accident it eventually worked but now I'm
> stumped.
>
> Any suggestions would be gratefully received.
>
> Cheers
>
> Nick from New Zealand
>
>
>

11 Nov 2006 2:26 PM

Patty

On Sat, 11 Nov 2006 00:14:01 -0800, Nick wrote:

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> Hi.......I have a Desktop & Laptop both connected via a Di-Link DSL-G604T
> modem. They were networked so that the laptop could access the 2 printers
> connected to the Desktop and this was working great. But.......in the last
> few days I needed to get a clean Windows install done on the desktop & have
> reloaded all my software/drivers etc.
>
> Everything is reconnected and the Desktop is now fine & can access both
> printers but the laptop can't locate them when I use the add printer wizard.
> I seem to recall having the same problem about a year ago when I first set
> the network up but by fluke or accident it eventually worked but now I'm
> stumped.
>
> Any suggestions would be gratefully received.
>
> Cheers
>
> Nick from New Zealand

You need to share the printers and give them a share name. This is done by
right clicking the printers on the desktop computer and choosing Sharing.
Select "Share this Printer" and give it a name.

You also need to make sure that File and Printer Sharing is enabled in the
TCP/IP properties.

Patty