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Take your laptop and connect it to the printer and see what happens.
I did this and it wont print when connected direct to laptop
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I did this and it wont print when connected direct to laptop
YESS,it now will print when directly connected to the laptop,,I have a communication prob between the printer and laptop unless it is directly connected
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garym114
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You have to use the control panel to install the printer. With the printer on and connected to the desktop - Go to the control panel on the laptop. Find the printer section. Select 'install printer ' one of the selections will be 'network printer ' the laptop will search for the printer on the network.
When you go to the printer section the first time, if the printer is already displayed, right click it and delete the entry.
If the laptop can not find the printer the laptop is not part of your network and that has to be setup again.
The printer has to be 'shared' on the desktop.
Your network is a desktop, eith printer attached, connected via ethernet cable to a wireless router. Laptop connected wireless to the router, right?
Don't confuse the installation by connecting the printer directly to the laptop. You do not have to install printer drivers on the laptop. It will get that info from the desktop when the printer installs.
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garym114 wrote:You have to use the control panel to install the printer. With the printer on and connected to the desktop - Go to the control panel on the laptop. Find the printer section. Select 'install printer ' one of the selections will be 'network printer ' the laptop will search for the printer on the network.
When you go to the printer section the first time, if the printer is already displayed, right click it and delete the entry.
If the laptop can not find the printer the laptop is not part of your network and that has to be setup again.
The printer has to be 'shared' on the desktop.
Your network is a desktop, eith printer attached, connected via ethernet cable to a wireless router. Laptop connected wireless to the router, right?
Don't confuse the installation by connecting the printer directly to the laptop. You do not have to install printer drivers on the laptop. It will get that info from the desktop when the printer installs.
I am doing that now,it says it is connecting --will report.
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Garym,you are my hero,it is now working as it is supposed--I was very close in my looking around for a fix but you put in all together nicely,,thanks again;;;
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garym114
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Thanks for the report. Glad it worked out.
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Let me see if I have your network straight.
You have a printer connected to your desktop.. You "Share" that printer with your laptop via the network in your motor home Trailer or house.
OK< that is how I do it too.
Make sure your laptop is connected to YOUR router, not the parks.
Make sure your Desktop is on and operating
Make sure you have not turned off file and printer sharing
Make sure the printer IS shared.
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Is the print que on the laptop empty? You may need to clear it manually by stopping the spooler service, clearing the spooler files from the Sys32 folder, and restarting the spooler service.
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