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printer sharing XP and Win98

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by buckskinslim

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I have a peer to peer network with crossover cable. Both PC's see each other, and I have copied and pasted between the two. Attempting to add the HP1220c printer connected to the XP box as a network printer on the 98 machine, but the printer does not show up. It is shared in XP, and I installed the 98 drivers for sharing the printer. Any thoughts?

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by lord rekkert

I'd try uninstalling the printer from both machines (remove the drivers), shut down both boxes, reboot the xp machine, let it auto detect the printer, then enable printer sharing (you might want to check to see if permissions are set for the 98 box at this time), now reboot the 98 box, and browse the network for the printer. This should work.

by buckskinslim

I deleted the printer from both machines, rebooted them, with the printer off. Did this mean the drivers were deleted as well. Not sure, because when I shut down the XP box, then turned on the printer and then the PC, it did not auto-detect the printer, rather, the printer showed up as installed. I shared it, then went to the 98 box, which had no printers installed, and tried adding a network printer. While the XP box shows up, there is no sharable printer attached to it. Help...

by amurry

Try installing the old network protocol netbeui. You can find it on Xp cd-rom under \valueadd\msft\net\netbeui. It simplifies file and printer sharing on both machines.

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by buckskinslim

Actually, the problem was solved by changing the shared name of the printer on XP to something under 8 characters, no spaces, after which it showed up immediately on the 98 box. thanks for the effort.

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