Windows 7 Client - Windows XP shared Printers Issue

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Have a Windows XP home network with 3 PCs - 2 rin XP one rund Vista. One PC
shares an HP 6100 Inkjet, and an HP820 Inkjet. I added a Windows 7 PC to the
Network. I 'connected' to the shared printers on the XP machine. Whe I send
a print job to either printer I can open the print que for both printers from
the Windows 7 machine and see the job but it never prints. The Queue empties
but no document comes out. I was able to print a test page to the HP 6100
once but never to the 820. Also after the one succesful test page Windows 7
says it can't start the print queue. All of the other PCs can print with no
problem. Any idea why the Win 7 machine fails? Thanks for any help
 
froggygremblin said:
Have a Windows XP home network with 3 PCs - 2 rin XP one rund Vista. One PC
shares an HP 6100 Inkjet, and an HP820 Inkjet. I added a Windows 7 PC to the
Network. I 'connected' to the shared printers on the XP machine. Whe I send
a print job to either printer I can open the print que for both printers from
the Windows 7 machine and see the job but it never prints. The Queue empties
but no document comes out. I was able to print a test page to the HP 6100
once but never to the 820. Also after the one succesful test page Windows 7
says it can't start the print queue. All of the other PCs can print with no
problem. Any idea why the Win 7 machine fails? Thanks for any help
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For Win 7 questions, see
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/categories
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/w7itpro
 
Hi
Did you install the printer drivers on the Win 7 computer via add a Network
printer?
Since you are using Win & and Win XP Win 7 should not be configured as
Homegroup but as Work Network given it the same Network name as the WinXP.
Jack (MS, MVP-Networking).
 
For Win 7 questions, see
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/categories
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/w7itpro

Lem
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My problem was somewhat similar to yours. I am able to print from win7
now after doing the following:

1) Installed new win7 printer driver on the win7 PC.

2) [devices and printers]

3) [Add a printer]

4) [add a bluetooth or wireless printer]

5) The selected printer failed to install, so I selected "The printer
that I want isn't listed" (even though it is listed)

6) pick option "select a shared printer by name"
This syntax failed: \\computername\printername
This syntax worked:
http//computername/printers/printername/.printer

Can someone please explain why one syntax would work but not the
other?

Stan Hilliard
 
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