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by blubird7

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I have an HP Laserjet 4L printer on my home network along with two other printers the printers are attached to the computer with Windows XP and marked as shared on the network, the two computers on the network that have Windows 98 can not find this printer on the computer with windows xp. I have down loaded both XP and 98 drivers.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you

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by oz_media

I don't know what type of home network you have built but ONE workaround if you are using DHCP IP addressing, try installing the printers with a static IP and then just use the Manufacturers drivers for the 98 machines and install to the static IP Address.

by blackcurrant

Hi

Are the printers attached locally - i.e. directly to the computer? If so, make sure they are properly shared. Also, make sure the share names do not contain any apostrophes - '

If you share a printer as:

Sarah's printer

then Windows 98 will not be able to connect to it. If you share it as

Sarahs printer

then it will.

Additionally, just to make sure, add the neccessary account information to the printer's security.

Good luck

by p.j.hutchison

First make sure you have a username on XP with the same one as used on 98 (see PWL file).

Also, make sure the 98 drivers are installed for printer for Windows 98 (see Additional drivers on the Share tab).

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