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Network Printer stopped workingI have a shared printer hooked up to my machine and just recently it stopped
allowing my coworkers to print to it. I can't figure out why and my bosses are getting frustrated with me. I'm not a full time tech guy and need some serious help. Hi
Howe the IP scheme of the computer works? If it is DHCP that keep changing, then it might be that the IP keep changing and the printer keep disappearing. Use a Static IP for this computer. Even better, tell you Boss to Get a Network Printer, they are so inexpensive these days that it is "Kind of Silly" to use a Printer that is attached to a computer as a Shared Office printer. Printer Server - Printing through the Network, http://www.ezlan.net/prtserver.html Jack (MS, MVP-Networking) Show quoteHide quote "network, printer" <network, prin***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:981B1F79-8B3C-4C74-BFAC-87CD9555E131@microsoft.com... >I have a shared printer hooked up to my machine and just recently it >stopped > allowing my coworkers to print to it. I can't figure out why and my > bosses > are getting frustrated with me. I'm not a full time tech guy and need > some > serious help. > Thanks for answering Jack and I wish I could tell my boss that, but I like
being employed ;). I did change the IP address on my computer to static, but the other computers still won't print to it. Do I need to change theirs as well to static? -- Show quoteHide quoteThanks, Rod "Jack-MVP" wrote: > Hi > Howe the IP scheme of the computer works? > If it is DHCP that keep changing, then it might be that the IP keep changing > and the printer keep disappearing. > Use a Static IP for this computer. Even better, tell you Boss to Get a > Network Printer, they are so inexpensive these days that it is "Kind of > Silly" to use a Printer that is attached to a computer as a Shared Office > printer. > Printer Server - Printing through the Network, > http://www.ezlan.net/prtserver.html > Jack (MS, MVP-Networking) > > "network, printer" <network, prin***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in > message news:981B1F79-8B3C-4C74-BFAC-87CD9555E131@microsoft.com... > >I have a shared printer hooked up to my machine and just recently it > >stopped > > allowing my coworkers to print to it. I can't figure out why and my > > bosses > > are getting frustrated with me. I'm not a full time tech guy and need > > some > > serious help. > > > > Hi
No you do not have the change the other computer's IP. However redo the printer sharing as though you start from scratch. In general. Make sure that the Software Firewall on each computer allows free local traffic. If you use 3rd party Firewall On, Vista/XP Native Firewall should be Off, and the active Firewall has to adjusted to your Network IP numbers on what is some time called the Trusted Zone (consult your 3rd Party Firewall instructions. General example, http://www.ezlan.net/faq#trusted Vista File and Printer Sharing- <http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727037.aspx> Windows XP File Sharing - <http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;304040> Printer Sharing XP - <http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/honeycutt_july2.mspx> Windows Native Firewall setting for Sharing XP - <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875357> Windows XP patch for Sharing with Vista - <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922120> Jack (MVP-Networking). Show quoteHide quote "redpath76" <r***@alliancesalesco.com> wrote in message news:9953D68C-CCF0-423F-80EF-72BA75A6A753@microsoft.com... > Thanks for answering Jack and I wish I could tell my boss that, but I like > being employed ;). I did change the IP address on my computer to static, > but > the other computers still won't print to it. Do I need to change theirs > as > well to static? > -- > Thanks, > Rod > > > "Jack-MVP" wrote: > >> Hi >> Howe the IP scheme of the computer works? >> If it is DHCP that keep changing, then it might be that the IP keep >> changing >> and the printer keep disappearing. >> Use a Static IP for this computer. Even better, tell you Boss to Get a >> Network Printer, they are so inexpensive these days that it is "Kind of >> Silly" to use a Printer that is attached to a computer as a Shared Office >> printer. >> Printer Server - Printing through the Network, >> http://www.ezlan.net/prtserver.html >> Jack (MS, MVP-Networking) >> >> "network, printer" <network, prin***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in >> message news:981B1F79-8B3C-4C74-BFAC-87CD9555E131@microsoft.com... >> >I have a shared printer hooked up to my machine and just recently it >> >stopped >> > allowing my coworkers to print to it. I can't figure out why and my >> > bosses >> > are getting frustrated with me. I'm not a full time tech guy and need >> > some >> > serious help. >> > >> >> 
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