My Xp laptop cannot print using printer attached to my vista machi

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I have a new windows vista desktop (windows home premium 32 bit). I have it
set up to share file/folders with my laptop which is running XP home. Both
machines can see each others files and can make changes to those files. I
attached a Dell A920 all in one printer to the vista machine and the pc took
over and went and found/installed whatever driver it needed and I can print
from the vista machine to the directly attached printer. I have the printer
set up to share on the network. ie. printer sharing on, password protection
off. However, when I open a document on the laptop xp machine and click
print--it showes me the printer on the vista machine (the path lines up with
the exact name I gave the shared printer)- but I get a message saying that
"can't communicate with printer".

Is there something with the laptop being XP and the printer being hooked to
a vista machine? Before I had the vista machine, my previous desktop was an
XP machine with the same printer attached to it and the laptop could use the
printer thru the network.
 
carl43m said:
I have a new windows vista desktop (windows home premium 32 bit). I have
it
set up to share file/folders with my laptop which is running XP home.
Both
machines can see each others files and can make changes to those files. I
attached a Dell A920 all in one printer to the vista machine and the pc
took over and went and found/installed whatever driver it needed and I can
print
from the vista machine to the directly attached printer. I have the
printer set up to share on the network. ie. printer sharing on, password
protection
off. However, when I open a document on the laptop xp machine and click
print--it showes me the printer on the vista machine (the path lines up
with the exact name I gave the shared printer)- but I get a message saying
that "can't communicate with printer".

Is there something with the laptop being XP and the printer being hooked
to
a vista machine? Before I had the vista machine, my previous desktop was
an XP machine with the same printer attached to it and the laptop could
use the printer thru the network.
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If you have a CD for the printer, put it in the XP machine and install the
drivers. The printer should be seen during the driver installation routine.
If you don't have a CD for the printer, go to Dell's website and download
XP drivers for the printer. Install them on the XP machine.

Malke
 
The laptop already has the software/drivers for the printer on it. This pc
was shared with a different desktop that also ran XP and the laptop could
always use the printer thru the other pc. It was only after I hooked the
printer to the vista system that the xp laptop could no longer do this. The
printer attached to desktop can be seen on the laptop, that is not a
problem--the problem is when I click to print it says it can't communicate
with the printer.
 
carl43m said:
The laptop already has the software/drivers for the printer on it. This
pc was shared with a different desktop that also ran XP and the laptop
could
always use the printer thru the other pc. It was only after I hooked the
printer to the vista system that the xp laptop could no longer do this.
The printer attached to desktop can be seen on the laptop, that is not a
problem--the problem is when I click to print it says it can't communicate
with the printer.
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Because you've changed the location of the printer. If the printer is
installed on the XP box, uninstall it and reinstall it.

Malke
 
The laptop already has the software/drivers for the printer on it. This pc
was shared with a different desktop that also ran XP and the laptop could
always use the printer thru the other pc. It was only after I hooked the
printer to the vista system that the xp laptop could no longer do this. The
printer attached to desktop can be seen on the laptop, that is not a
problem--the problem is when I click to print it says it can't communicate
with the printer.
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You are thinking old school, not the new Vista way! Lots of hardware
need reinstalling, on the networked machines, when hooked to a Vista
machine and then shared with other machines. Yes even if it was
working previously.
 
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