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Win 7-Win XP Printer printer sharing
I have a Brothers printer installed on my Windows 7 "master" PC .......which is working fine ..... and I believe that all sharing/permission setting are correct. The two machines are connected via a simple ethernet cross over cable. File sharing and internet access are working fine.
I want to print from my Windows XP "slave" PC.
When I view the workgroup on the XP PC .......I can see the Win 7 PC (name Bob-pc) ......with all the shared files .....AND I see the printer that I am trying to reach.
However when I try to open the printer I get the message .....
You are about to connect to a printer on Bob-pc which will automatically install a print driver on your machine …..Print drivers may contain viruses etc.etc.
So I click Yes and get the message ….
The server for the “Brothers HL-1440” printer does not have the correct printer drivers installed……if you want to search etc ……click OK …..
So when I click OK I get a search window saying …..
The file *.inf is needed
I am now lost …….why do I have to locate print drivers …..? …..what am I missing ??
Bob