Printer Sharing

27 Dec 2006 9:56 PM

Tiffany

I have shared printers at work before, but we have a new computer and new
location. I have chosen the options to share the printer from the main
computer, but when I search for printers from other computers nothing pulls
up. I have been told by bellsouth that the wireless modem and router would
not be the problem, but that there may be a problem in my network settings.
Does anybody know how I can fix this?

27 Dec 2006 10:30 PM

Chuck

On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 13:56:01 -0800, Tiffany <Tiff***@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

>I have shared printers at work before, but we have a new computer and new
>location. I have chosen the options to share the printer from the main
>computer, but when I search for printers from other computers nothing pulls
>up. I have been told by bellsouth that the wireless modem and router would
>not be the problem, but that there may be a problem in my network settings.
>Does anybody know how I can fix this?

Are you sharing just a printer, or are there any files shared? How is the
wireless modem / router involved? You're not providing a lot of detail here.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/background-information-useful-in.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/background-information-useful-in.html

Can any computers access the one with the printer? Can any computer access
other computers?

Start with "browstat status" and "ipconfig /all" from two computers with no
problem, and from the main computer, so we can diagnose the problem. Read this
article, and linked articles, and follow instructions precisely (download
browstat!):
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp

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Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
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