Print Servers w/ Vista

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Peddlerp

Hello:

I feel like a Dumb Bunny for asking this question, but I have spent hours
trying to get two different Vista machines to connect to two different
printers connected via an Airlink101 Print Server.

The print server is connected to a Lan which has Win2K and WinXP machines.
Everybody is happy with the print server except Vista. I can see the
printers just fine, but when I try to connect I get a "Windows cannot connect
to the printer. Make sure that you have typed the name correctly, and that
the printer is connected to the network."

If I cheat by typing in the printers name or IP address, I can actually add
the printer and even set it to default, but then it fails on print.

Am I missing something basic in my setups or is Vista and the Arirlink101
print server not friendly?

Thanks for any help or suggestions.
 
Peddlerp said:
Hello:

I feel like a Dumb Bunny for asking this question, but I have spent hours
trying to get two different Vista machines to connect to two different
printers connected via an Airlink101 Print Server.

The print server is connected to a Lan which has Win2K and WinXP machines.
Everybody is happy with the print server except Vista. I can see the
printers just fine, but when I try to connect I get a "Windows cannot
connect
to the printer. Make sure that you have typed the name correctly, and
that
the printer is connected to the network."

If I cheat by typing in the printers name or IP address, I can actually
add
the printer and even set it to default, but then it fails on print.

Am I missing something basic in my setups or is Vista and the Arirlink101
print server not friendly?

Thanks for any help or suggestions.
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Install Vista printer drivers on your Vista Machines.
 
Thank you for your response, however I found the answer on another BBS. It
would appear that Airlink101 print server is invisable to Vista, the attached
printers install as "Local" printers not Networked printers.

I would hope that in the next revision of Vista the installation program
would 'not care' if a Discovered printer was local or networked.

Best to all of you.
PP
 
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