Sharing Printers in 2000
This is a discussion about Sharing Printers in 2000 in the Windows Hardware category; I'm sharing a printer in windows 98, which is a lexmark 3200 inkjet. How do you get it to print on on other computers with windows 2000 and 98? It doesn't work. Its says could not connect to printer! Please Reply!.
I'm sharing a printer in windows 98, which is a lexmark 3200 inkjet.
How do you get it to print on on other computers with windows 2000 and 98?
It doesn't work.
Its says could not connect to printer!
Please Reply!
How do you get it to print on on other computers with windows 2000 and 98?
It doesn't work.
Its says could not connect to printer!
Please Reply!
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Not all printers are networkable in this manner.
If you install the printer drivers on the other PC's, you should be able to add a new printer port in the printer driver.
If the driver supports networking, you should be able to browse your network to the printer share on the Windows 98 machine.
If you can't see it, then the printer is likely to not support networking. In this case you will need to transfer files onto the Windows 98 PC and print them from there.
Not the ideal situation I'll grant you.
The other alternative is (if the the PC's are close enough) to buy a switch box and connect all of the PC's to it. You can then flick the switch on the box to the PC you want to print from.
If you install the printer drivers on the other PC's, you should be able to add a new printer port in the printer driver.
If the driver supports networking, you should be able to browse your network to the printer share on the Windows 98 machine.
If you can't see it, then the printer is likely to not support networking. In this case you will need to transfer files onto the Windows 98 PC and print them from there.
Not the ideal situation I'll grant you.
The other alternative is (if the the PC's are close enough) to buy a switch box and connect all of the PC's to it. You can then flick the switch on the box to the PC you want to print from.
