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Network printing
Hi, I have a main PC hard wired to a modem / router with USB printer connected, a desktop and three laptops all wireless - all are Win 7 64bit and one of them has stopped remote printing (says printer is offline). As I have always found network printing a bit of a hit or a miss, i.e. sometimes works sometimes doesn't I thought I'd investigate further. I changed the router recently but just can't see that as being the problem and the only thing that seems to be different on the one that doesn't print is I can't get it to join the homegroup (which I didn't think you needed to be to network print) because it says I need to have IPv6 enabled but can't seem to figure out how to get that enabled - the box is ticked in adapter properties. Is there a reliable way to ensure you can always connect to the printer over the network each time every computer is switched on ? Network printing is great - when it works !!!
As always, any help would be very much appreciated.