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by bobby

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i'm trying to print from a W2k Pro to a shared printer on an NTWS but i keep gettin errors "test pagfe failed to print " it seem installing the drivers onto the W2k machine and then linking
it to the printer doesn;t work - what could be done??

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by soccerman

I have found that if you install the printer as local aka LPT1 then don't print the test page as of yet, you can get it to work. First install the printer as a local machine. Next go into the properties of that printer. Then go to ports, add a port and then double click local ports, then just add the network path to the printer. You have to type it in exactly as it shows on the network, it does not let ya browse to add it.

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