The printer is attached to the desktop. I'm aware of the port situation
and have altered it but, if you read some of the follow-on communication
you'll see that we really haven't gotten to the printer yet since the
laptop can see but not communicate with the desktop.
I don't recall having to alter the port setup in the past when I
installed the previous Brother laser printer. I suspect that, had the
laptop been in proper communication with the desktop to begin with, that
the driver installation would have seen the printer on the network and
supplied the proper port automatically. In retrospect, that should have
been my first clue that something was wrong with the net.
Chuck Norcutt
On 7/30/2011 7:57 AM, Brian Gray wrote:
> Chuck said:
> <Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:24:04 -0400
> From: Chuck Norcutt [1]<chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [OM] [OT] Win XP networking advice needed
> To: Olympus mail list [2]<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> My wife has finally returned from our UK adventure. She arrived back 2
> weeks later than me since she was traveling with her girl friend on the
> Queen Mary II rather than flying.
>
> She had taken our Dell laptop computer with her. The laptop, along with
> my Dell desktop, constitutes our household Win XP local network. I
> replugged the laptop back into the same wired router connection it had
> before it left, internet access came right back and I thought I was done.
>
> Then she complained that she couldn't print something. Ah, how stupid
> of me. While she was gone my ancient Brother laser printer had run out
> of toner and I decided that the drum unit probably wasn't far behind.
> Time for a new laser printer. I replaced the old Brother laser printer
> with a newer model and all was well. But I had forgotten to uninstall
> the old printer driver and install a new one on the laptop after she got
> home. No problem. Install the new driver. No dice, no printing.
> ...>
>
> Chuck
> I am not clear how the printer is attached. Is it plugged into the desktop
> or a
> separate item on the network?
> If the former, after installing the driver, have you checked where the laptop
> th
> inks the printer is? In my experience with XP, and using a hint found on
> the w
> eb,you have to fudge the situation and tell the XP machine that the printer
> is a
> local printer but tell it the port is<desktop>\<printername> or similar.
> I have got an XP base unit without but it is not connected to a monitor at
> the m
> oment having just replaced it for my wife with a W7 unit.
>
> Brian Gray
>
> References
>
> 1. mailto:chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 2. mailto:olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 3. mailto:4E32C284.9020903@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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