Windows 7 - Networking from Printer attached to Win XP PC to Win 7

I also want to thank this brilliant mind what shared this solution with us
I normally would go to \\computername and hit conect to install the printer.
This always worked betwin xp machines.

Now that I have a windows 7, I needed to install the shared printer installed on XP on to Windows 7.

No drivers on epson site and I way getting error trying to install the way I mentioned above.

Finally I found this thread as shorted it out.
Thanks a million

jimbo45, your instructions are heaven sent!
I struggled over 2 days getting to print from Windows 7 PC onto the XP connected printer without success.
I changed the workgroup and homegroup,
I tried standard TCP/IP ports and virtual USB ports,
went thru lots of checklists and instructions,
then your's solved my problem in minutes!

It seems MS still doesn't address this problem in their help/support sites!

Thanks

WOW - that is spot on. I struggled all last weekend on this and nobody anywhere could come up with anything. My original post

Can't Install HP 2015d on network

should have been more general. But thanks for a very simple workaround.

Jeff

This is probably the best piece of advice I've had in a long time... I was getting ready to drop the printer out of a 2nd floor window I was that frustrated with it. Don't know how many different drivers and methods I used trying to install this damned HP 5225 across the network from an XP machine! Simple solution but certainly not obvious. Thank you for saving my company £1000 on a new printer!

Hi there
I should send an invoice !!!!

Glad it all worked for you

Sometimes the easiest solutions are the hardest to find !!!

Cheers
jimbo

Hi everyone,

I have a HP C8180 Photosmart printer that would not work with my new Windows 7 pc. I did the research, went thru HP online and downloaded the newer drivers and everything seems to be okay with my new machine so far. BUT, since I did that, my son's Vista pc will not connect to the printer. He uninstalls his driver and re-installs it in order to connect to the printer. He has to do this on every re-start now.

My question is this: If he updates his driver thru HP online for his Vista pc the way I did for my Windows 7 pc, will it change anything on the printer that might screw up my connection or functionality with it???

The Vista driver is clearly a different driver than the Windows 7 driver on the HP website. I'm just wondering if downloading another driver on a different pc changes anything in the printer itself, or just on the pc.

Thank you.

My problem is that my printer is an HP Laserjet 4 plus. Hp wants me to upgrade. Honestly I can't find a driver that will use that shared printer off an XP Prro PC.... to save my life!! HP says .... Migrate & Upgrade