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Win 7 can't connect to win 7 shared printer
Hi all,
Have setup a bunch of computers with Windows 7 Professional, with all updates from windows update. When my network connection was detected I selected Work Network.
Installed a HP Officejet G85 printer using USB. Windows 7 automatically installed the correct driver for me. And the printer works fine from the computer its attached to.
I then shared the printer by:
Start Devices and Printers > Right clicked on my printer > selected printer properties > clicked sharing tab
Clicked share this printer, and render print jobs on client computers > clicked apply > clicked ok
From another windows 7 computer i try to connect to the shared printer, i've tried using the \\hostname\printer name and \\ip address\printer name but nothing works.
I've tried disabling the firewalls. But that did not fix it either.
I then tried changing the printer server and another computer to home network instead of work network. A homegroup was created and I was issued a homegroup password, when I setup the home network on the 2nd test computer it detected that a homegroup had already been created and I had to enter the password. Now I can connect to the printer.
Is there a way to do with with Work Network setting, and is there any good reason to do it that way ?