printer issues from laptop

[FreightTrainChiken]

my pc is direct to router, laptop is wireless to router. I had it (laptop) set up to print to my printer. I reformated last month and now i cant get it to print from laptop. I cant remember how i set it up and my wife is going to kill me if i cant get it back the way i had it.


please help!

laptop is vista, and i run xp home

[Crestline Kid]

Hmmmm, will she burn you at the stake or poison you.
Of course you need to add the drivers for the printer, I'm thinking the computer will find it. However if it doen't you should go to my computer/printers and faxes and make it the default printer.
If that does'nt work ask her. Women are smarter than men, just ask em.

[DruidChiken]

make sure that the printer is shared, right click on the printer icon in printers and faxes and select sharing once pc and laptop are rebooted vista should autodetect the shared printer, if it doesnt go to control panel/printer and click on add printer and select network printers the printer should be in the list

[FreightTrainChiken]

The laptop is not finding the printer, I think its my pc that is not allowing it. Ive uninstalled the printer and reinstalled it 3 different times and still cant get the laptop to find it.

I think when I reformated I lost something. Any ideas?

[DruidChiken]

its a sharing issue, have u shared the printer ?

[FreightTrainChiken]

yup was 1st thing i did.

I

[Clepto Chiken]

check your laptops firewall. It might not be allowing you to see the printer because it is classifying it as foriegn. Also try accessing the router controls from the laptop and see if you can see the printer from there.

Is the printer direct link to the PC or the router?

[FreightTrainChiken]

laptop is fine.

[SmuttyChiken]

So ... a panic attack ... from fear of marital retribution ... or you fixed it ... :P

[ClankChiken]

See if this helps Freight:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943765/en-us

OR

http://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?catalog=LCID%3D1033&query=You+cannot+print+to+a+shared+printer+&mode=r

[FreightTrainChiken]

Thanks Clank, but no luck.

I know this.

not firewall
not laptop
not my pc
not router / settings

its the network, and i have no clue how to fix it.

[SmuttyChiken]

Sounds like you need to redo your Microsoft network (if that is what you are using).

Where's that PhattyChiken when ya need him ...

[FreightTrainChiken]

i did it, dont know why it got screwed but its fixed.

network issue, i guess when i reformated this pc it chaged something in the name and my network dropped it. alll i did was rename it and presto.


im and idiot !

bawk thanks for your help.

[SmuttyChiken]

Bawk!!! ... nice to here that people's marital problems are sorted out ...

[ShadyChiken]

I need to read this section of the forums more often...

[SmuttyChiken]

I was going to mention you above but decided to stick it to Phatt instead ... can't blame you for everything now can I ...

[ClankChiken]

Glad you figured it out. Look at the bright side, now you know more than you ever wanted to know about how to print from a wireless connection and can share it with the next person who needs to know.

It's always the little things that make it all work. :-)

[ShadyChiken]

Glad you figured it out. Look at the bright side, now you know more than you ever wanted to know about how to print from a wireless connection and can share it with the next person who needs to know.

It's always the little things that make it all work. :-)

and when those little things dont work, kicking is always a good alternative option...

[SmuttyChiken]

and when those little things dont work, kicking is always a good alternative option...


... and that IS the official answer ...