Printing over a wireless network

meenupa, on Sunday 18 May 2008 à 14:41:49

Hello,

I would like to take advantage of the remote printing capability which I believe is included with MS Windows. The desktop system to which the printer (Epson All-in-One) is attached is also connected to the wireless router (Buffalo WHS-54G) via a LAN cable and runs Windows XP. I believe I have already taken the necessary steps (Control Panel/Printers and Faxes) to designate the printer as “shared.”
My other desktop runs Windows 2000 (w/current service packs installed) and is connected to the wireless router via an internal wireless adapter. Reliable communication with the router has been ongoing.
However, when I click on Control Panel/Printers/Add Printer, Windows 2000 does not see the shared printer (Epson) attached to the other computer. Can anyone advise me as to whether I have neglected a step and what to do to establish a remote wireless connection to the printer?

Configuration: Windows XP
Internet Explorer 6.0

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vandi.vnd, on Sunday 18 May 2008 à 15:18:14

Hello

"remote printing capability"

you mean print to a networked printer

"The desktop system to which the printer (Epson All-in-One) is attached is also connected to the wireless router (Buffalo WHS-54G) via a LAN cable and runs Windows XP."

The all-in-one has two lan connections from what you describe. Given this situation you would be advised to NOT share the printer from your pc and REMOVE the printer cable from the pc. Set it up according to the manual as a network printer.

The advantage to setting it up as a network printer is printing is not dependant on the pc connected to the printer having to be on.

But before you can do this you need to get networking working between the two pcs. Network wizard on XP is a good place to start

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jezt87, on Thursday 12 June 2008 à 16:17:25

I recently purchased an HP Office Jet 6400 printer with Wireless Capability. The printer actually has it's own IP address and can be accessed by any computer with vista. The issue is that if I try to set up the printer from an XP cpu, it always tells me that the address is invalid. The printer itself is not connected to any cpu, it is merely a stand alone printer which everyone in my office uses, so setting up a personal server on a computer and accessing it through there would be impossible.

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