Epson printer driver

[Gunny3053]

That made me think of another thing, I read where the XP computer has to be running if you want to share. A very important point, but one that I don't think would enter many peoples minds, a much overlooked thing and I bet has been the only problem some people can't get their printer to share. If this is nec why then don't more people mention it or is this some thing that is taken for granted, and every one should know.

I do at times only run the one computer, don't always have both running at the same time.

Thanx...Gunny

 

[DocBrown]

Yep both have to be running & connected on the network at the same time.

 

[Romulinx2]

Windows 7 will automatically download the driver for you.

 

[Gunny3053]

Hi... Thanx for all the good info. I hope no is thinking I am tying to b a smart guy here, to the contrary I am trying very hard to learn. And some of these simple questions I ask my seem like I am a dummy, but I ask them so I and others might learn. I know I have gone to other forums and have done a lot of readfing, and have come cross a lot of answers to problems that were so simple and why didn't I think of that. So I really appreciate all the answers you can give to me no matter how simple they may sound. I think we are all here to learn some thing.

Thanx...Gunny

 

[Gunny3053]

Jimbo.. I was following you directions and when it came time to change the port and put in the \\XPMACHINE\SHAREDPRINTER. It comes back with "The network path is not found". Now what.

Thanx...Gunny

 

[Gunny3053]

Hi Gang I hope you guys have not given up on me and you are only Celebrating Mother's Day.

 

[Lordbob75]

Hey Gunny, I just setup my network printer (on my parents computer) which is running XP. All I did is clicked add network printer, and it found their printer. It is currently searching for drivers, but I expect no problems. Try that and see if it works for you.

~Lordbob

 

[Lordbob75]

Yup, worked great, I just had to find the driver myself, which took less than 20 secs.

~Lordbob

 

[Gunny3053]

Hi Lord bob

Well I did the same thing and it gets to test paper and there it sits, nothing happens. It shows the printer big as life.

Thanx...Gunny

 

[Lordbob75]

Will it print something else?

~Lordbob

 

[Gunny3053]

This is what really upsets me about some of this stuff, it looks like it is doing right and says you did everything right, but it don't work, very frustrating. I could accept this better if it shot me a error code or some thing, but to say it was done right and it still don't work, just kills me.

Thanx...Gunny

 

[Lordbob75]

I agree, this is weird. Try hooking the printer directly into your computer and make sure it will work.

~Lordbob

 

[Gunny3053]

I went back to my main computer and tested it by printing some thing and it worked, so I know there is nothing wrong with the printer, or the main computer. Do you want me to connect it to the Win 7 computer.???

Now what.?

 

[Gunny3053]

This is really bugging me. When I click on the printer, it gives me the choice of how I want to set up the printer and everything, how can it have all this and not print.

Gunny

 

[Gunny3053]

Now I connected the printer to the Win 7 computer it seen it, said it was installed, ready to print, so I set it up to print something and it did nothing. Now you tell me, am I going crazy or what.

 

[Gunny3053]

Ok found I was not clicking on the wrong picture of the printer, there was 3 of them how that happened I don't know, but I got it to print now what is going to happen if I unplug it and connect it back to the XP computer.? I deleted the pictures of the non working printers.

Gunny

 

[myzr7]

Sounds like windows found the driver that you needed when you connected to the win7 box. Now with any luck at all it should network with your xp.

 

[Gunny3053]

Hi myzr

Nope sorry that did not work either, conected it back up to my XP computer and the win 7 will not print.

Gunny

 

[DocBrown]

Gunny, I just found this in another post

http://www.sevenforums.com/network-internet/4602-xp-7-printer-sharing.html

 

[myzr7]

Gunny,Does your cp/hardware/devices+ printers page look like this and when you right click do you have a remove this device and then you restart with the xp machine on does it come back the same as it was?
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