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Windows 7/XP problem
My trusty Kyocera Mita FS-3800 monochrome printer worked perfectly with my Dell Dimension C521 running Windows XP (with SP3) and also networked from my wife’s older Dell running XP, via a Linksys router with Internet connection. We recently replaced my wife’s Dell with a new Compaq running Windows 7, setting up the same network, which enables file sharing, but apparently not printing.
Although the Compaq shows the printer icon it will not print, showing <Test page failed to print. Would you like to view the print troubleshooter for assistance? (No help at all!) Operation could not be completed (error 0x00000006)>. If the printer is connected directly to the Compaq, it works perfectly from both computers, but this means having to power up the Compaq if I wish to print from the Dell.
I spent over an hour on the phone with the very friendly software support guys at John Lewis (where we bought the Compaq) and they agreed that I’d done everything correctly and they were stumped. A Windows 7/XP problem, they said. Other than doing what Microsoft obviously wish me to do i.e. upgrade from XP to W7, does anyone have any ideas?