Xp print sharing to a win89 machine

[Guest]

I am trying to get a new printer working on my home network. I have other printers that work fine. This one (hp photosmart 7200) I'm connecting via USB to an XP Home edition SP1 computer. I set up printer sharing and I can see and use it fine from a win2000 pro laptop on the network, but it isn't visable at all from a win98 sr2 machine. The win98 box can see file shares from the XP fine but no printer shows at all. The Win98 box shares a printer that any computer can see and use including the XP.
I'm least proficient at Xp so I may just have security set up wrong but I can't see how. Maybe I'm fighting something that can't be done but I doubt it. If anyone can toss me a clue or two I'd much appreciate it

-dcb

 

[Bruce Sanderson]

Windows 98 has a limitation in that it can't use network printers whose name
is longer than 12 characters or that has embedded special characters or
spaces.

On the Windows XP computer, make sure that the printer's Share Name is less
than 12 characters long and does not have any embedded spaces or special
characters (except underscore).

--
Bruce Sanderson MVP

It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question.

I am trying to get a new printer working on my home network. I have other

printers that work fine. This one (hp photosmart 7200) I'm connecting via
USB to an XP Home edition SP1 computer. I set up printer sharing and I can
see and use it fine from a win2000 pro laptop on the network, but it isn't
visable at all from a win98 sr2 machine. The win98 box can see file shares
from the XP fine but no printer shows at all. The Win98 box shares a printer
that any computer can see and use including the XP.

I'm least proficient at Xp so I may just have security set up wrong but I

can't see how. Maybe I'm fighting something that can't be done but I doubt
it. If anyone can toss me a clue or two I'd much appreciate it.