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laptop not recognizing printer
Ok, I know this is a Dell group and my desktop is a Dell Dim. 2400.
But we got smart folks here, so maybe someone has an idea: I am having a problem getting my brand new HP Windows-7 Pro computer to recognize my printer. I have a desktop in the basement. My modem and router are connected to it. My printer is a fabulous vintage Epson Color Stylus 600. I've had it for about 10 years and it works great (refused to die!). It is connected to my desktop (LPT1, the parallel port). I have 3 other laptops. Two run XP and the third runs W7. All of them have no problems printing, utilizing my network and the Epson Printer. Okay, my new computer recognized the network and I was able to have it join the network. It can find all my shared files with no problem. I then selected Add a Printer. I was able to find the driver for my Epson. Everything seemed to work well and the Epson is listed on the new computer as my default printer. But when I try to print to it, it says Printing... and then Print Error. The printer itself does nothing. I suspect I am missing some very simple thing. When I check Network Sharing, it shows that my computer is connected to my network. Any ideas on how to proceed? Mel |
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laptop not recognizing printer
On 3/8/2013 3:11 PM, MZB wrote:
Ok, I know this is a Dell group and my desktop is a Dell Dim. 2400. But we got smart folks here, so maybe someone has an idea: I am having a problem getting my brand new HP Windows-7 Pro computer to recognize my printer. I have a desktop in the basement. My modem and router are connected to it. My printer is a fabulous vintage Epson Color Stylus 600. I've had it for about 10 years and it works great (refused to die!). It is connected to my desktop (LPT1, the parallel port). I have 3 other laptops. Two run XP and the third runs W7. All of them have no problems printing, utilizing my network and the Epson Printer. Okay, my new computer recognized the network and I was able to have it join the network. It can find all my shared files with no problem. I then selected Add a Printer. I was able to find the driver for my Epson. Everything seemed to work well and the Epson is listed on the new computer as my default printer. But when I try to print to it, it says Printing... and then Print Error. The printer itself does nothing. I suspect I am missing some very simple thing. When I check Network Sharing, it shows that my computer is connected to my network. Any ideas on how to proceed? Mel Never mind. Resolved the issue. Mel |
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laptop not recognizing printer
On Sat, 09 Mar 2013 00:15:58 -0500, MZB wrote:
On 3/8/2013 3:11 PM, MZB wrote: Ok, I know this is a Dell group and my desktop is a Dell Dim. 2400. But we got smart folks here, so maybe someone has an idea: I am having a problem getting my brand new HP Windows-7 Pro computer to recognize my printer. I have a desktop in the basement. My modem and router are connected to it. My printer is a fabulous vintage Epson Color Stylus 600. I've had it for about 10 years and it works great (refused to die!). It is connected to my desktop (LPT1, the parallel port). I have 3 other laptops. Two run XP and the third runs W7. All of them have no problems printing, utilizing my network and the Epson Printer. Okay, my new computer recognized the network and I was able to have it join the network. It can find all my shared files with no problem. I then selected Add a Printer. I was able to find the driver for my Epson. Everything seemed to work well and the Epson is listed on the new computer as my default printer. But when I try to print to it, it says Printing... and then Print Error. The printer itself does nothing. I suspect I am missing some very simple thing. When I check Network Sharing, it shows that my computer is connected to my network. Any ideas on how to proceed? Mel Never mind. Resolved the issue. Mel If not too wordy, how ? |
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laptop not recognizing printer
On 3/9/2013 9:41 PM, RnR wrote:
On Sat, 09 Mar 2013 00:15:58 -0500, MZB wrote: On 3/8/2013 3:11 PM, MZB wrote: Ok, I know this is a Dell group and my desktop is a Dell Dim. 2400. But we got smart folks here, so maybe someone has an idea: I am having a problem getting my brand new HP Windows-7 Pro computer to recognize my printer. I have a desktop in the basement. My modem and router are connected to it. My printer is a fabulous vintage Epson Color Stylus 600. I've had it for about 10 years and it works great (refused to die!). It is connected to my desktop (LPT1, the parallel port). I have 3 other laptops. Two run XP and the third runs W7. All of them have no problems printing, utilizing my network and the Epson Printer. Okay, my new computer recognized the network and I was able to have it join the network. It can find all my shared files with no problem. I then selected Add a Printer. I was able to find the driver for my Epson. Everything seemed to work well and the Epson is listed on the new computer as my default printer. But when I try to print to it, it says Printing... and then Print Error. The printer itself does nothing. I suspect I am missing some very simple thing. When I check Network Sharing, it shows that my computer is connected to my network. Any ideas on how to proceed? Mel Never mind. Resolved the issue. Mel If not too wordy, how ? When I originally did it, I specified LPT1 printer, because that what it was. But I guess the LPT1 printer would have had to have been directly connected to my laptop. So I did it again but specified network printer. It then found the Epson and loaded the driver and...DONE! Mel |
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