How To Find Out Printer Is On Or Off?
Sep 9, 2009Is there any way for a blind person, using only a keyboard and a screen reader (Jaws), to find out if her printer has been turned off (or on)? Using Windows Vista Home Basic.
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Desktop Printer Sharing: Won't Find Printer
Jun 10, 2008I have a Vista Home Premium Laptop, an XP Home laptop and an XP Home desktop (and an XBox 360) connected to my Linksys wireless G router and an XP Home desktop connected via CAT5 to the same router. All connect to the internet fine. The XP laptop finds and uses the printer on the desktop fine. I had setup a share of the Canon I560 printer, connected to my XP desktop, on the Vista laptop and it worked fine. I don't believe I made any changes, but now it won't find the printer and I can't seem to install a new copy.
The Vista machine will not detect the printer and won't even find the XP desktop or laptop on the network. The XP machines find each other fine. All machines get their IP address from the router via DHCP. All are in the same workgroup, or it seems so. Strangely the Vista machine shows WORKGROUP and the XP machines show Workgroup, even if I type the name in caps, XP still shows Workgroup and Vista WORKGROUP.............
Can't Find Printer
Jun 26, 2009I installed a Lexmark 6200 printer on a Acer Laptop runing Vista Home Premium. The installation took a long time but went to completion. I used the Lexmark disk for the install. The 6200 displays on the Control Panel screen as "Ready." I made it the default. The printer is pluged into one of the USB ports.
The problem: nothing prints. I sometimes get in an error message - can't find printer. But typically, when I do File>Print nothing prints. I have tried using Works, NotePad and Open Office Writer with the same results.
Can't Find My Printer On The Network
Mar 23, 2008Presently, Vista is the only system that can't find my printer on the network. All my other OS is Windows XP. Have a Linksys router with a Canon printer. Why can it not find my printer on the newtwork??
View 4 Replies View RelatedFind What Firewall Issue Is On A Printer?
Mar 30, 2010I was having problems reinstalling HP software for my All-In-One printer,
and HP Tech support had me add ten or fifteen programs to the Firewall as
allowed programs, plus about that many ports. I'm still having firewall
issues according to the HP networks diagnostic tool, and the HP software
does not "see" my printer on the network.
I can go to its IP address in Internet Explorer and see info about its
status, etc, and I can install basic drivers for other similar printers and
it will print, but not from the Full Software package that I need for OCR
scanning. It is listed under Printers and I can print a test page.
The HP Diagnostics has a AutoFix button but it doesn't fix the issue, and
doesn't say what is wrong. Until I had problem reinstalling the software it
had worked fine for two years.
How can I find out what the firewall issue is?
Network Printer Attachment Not Properly: Failed Connecting To Printer - Access Denied
Jul 29, 2009I?m trying to install a network printer on a Vista machine. Vista is able to locate the printer on the network but when I select it for installation, for some time, Vista tries to connect and then pops up this message: "Failed Connecting to Printer - Access Denied" And then another window pops up with this message: "Spooler Subsystem Application stopped woring and has been closed." In fact the spooler service always stops, so I have to restart it on the services windows, within Administrative Tools of the Control Panel. The machine is new and has been installed yesterday. Everything else works fine. The printer I am trying to install is on a Windows XP Professional machine within the same network (naturally).
View 9 Replies View RelatedPrinter Sharing XP:unable To Print To The Host Printer Wirelessly
Jun 15, 2008I have a Dell PC with XP Home and a Dell A960 Printer attached to it. I also have a new HP Laptop with Vista premium that has also had the same printer attached to it at times so the drivers are installed on HP laptop. I recently installed a router so I can use laptop wirelessly. That works fine. However, I am unable to print to the host printer wirelessly. I get message saying printer cannot communicate with computer. I tried everything I found on Google searches. I have enabled printer sharing on both. Do I have to make the Workgroup names the same and if so do I change the Dell with XP or the HP with Vista? I changed the Dell once to no avail so I changed back. Do computer names have to be same? I am a novice at networking.
View 6 Replies View RelatedPrinter Cable Didn't Older Printer Jack Computer
Mar 23, 2008Dose anyone knows if they make a printer cable: I received a new lab top and it didn't come with the older printer jack on the computer. I guess I need to use one of the usb ports? My Epson 660 still works I hate the idea of getting a new printer when my old one works.
View 4 Replies View RelatedPrinter After Installation Of SP2 (printer Prints An Extra Page)
Jun 1, 2009Just installed Vista SP2. Everything seems to work OK except for my Dell 1720 printer. It now prints an extra page before the actual document to be printed. There are just a few spurious characters printed at the top of this unwanted page. The following "proper" pages are OK. I have, so it seems, the lastest driver available.
View 7 Replies View RelatedNetwork Printer Hosted Server Default Printer
Jun 17, 2008I cannot set the default printer in Vista Business with SP1. I am connected to a domain trying to set a network printer hosted from a server as the default printer. I have seen a dozen or more questions similiar to this in this group as well as on other forums and found no answer. I see a MS-MVP come on and tell people to remove local printers such as the XPS and adobe printers. This is a ridiculous solution. Sure it may allow you to connect to a network printer but you have removed printers that you are going to need to use again. Unacceptable.
So far the only other solution that does not include deleting all the local printers off of the machine is to make sure you have write permissions to the default printer registry key. I have checked this and I do have write permissions(Full Control). SO WHAT NEXT? IS MICROSOFT EVER GOING TO COME OUT WITH ANOTHER FIX FOR THIS?
Installed Printer From Main Pc:Printer Do Not Print
Jun 22, 2008i have installed a printer from my main pc which uses xp pro to my new vista lap top ----- it shows the icon for the printer in the tray but i cannot still print any thing
View 7 Replies View RelatedDo Not Put Printer In The Printer Folder/control Panel
Apr 10, 2009I just upgraded my XP home edition to Vista home premium with an upgrade disk provided by Dell. Before the upgrade I uninstalled my HP 2575 printer and software because it was listed as a compatibility issue. After upgrade I reinstalled new software from HP for my printer from the HP website. I plugged in the USB cable from my printer. Vista recognized the new device but would not put it in the printer folder in the control panel. Vista did find driver software online but could not install it. The HP solution center tells me no HP devices have been detected. When I try to print I get a message that I don’t have a printer hooked up. That’s the back ground here is what I have done.
I have updated Vista; most were successful some security ones failed. I have Service pack 1 I uninstalled and reinstalled HP software many times I started my spooler and reinstalled printer and software many times. I checked Task Manager and the hpqste08 services are running. I uninstalled virus protection and turned off the firewall. I have done everything I can find at HP, Microsoft and here. I tried to reload Vista but got a Worker Thread Returned at Bad IRQL error message so I stopped reload.
The one odd thing I did find was in the Device Manager. In the Device Manager the HP 2575 is listed twice. Once under IEEE 1284.4 compatible printer and once under Other Devices. When I click on the one under IEEE 1284.4 compatible printer and update driver software it finds the driver and says it’s up to date. When I do the same on the one under Other Devices, windows finds the software for this device but encountered an error when trying to install it. It does this when looking online and when looking in C: drive.The printer still does not show up in the printer folder in the control panel.
Install Printer Driver FOR Sharing Printer?
Jun 10, 2008I have a Vista Desktop that has a wireless router. I have shared a printer, but I would like my Mac laptop to be able to print to it. Do I install the printer driver on the Mac or on the Vista machine? If I install on the Vista machine, is there a special installer? The printer is an HP DeskJet 2445.
View 4 Replies View RelatedAdd Printer Wizard Not Finding Printer
Nov 21, 2008I have a HP Color Laser Jet 3600n already installed on the company network. I just got a new gateway with Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit. When i go to the printer wizard it locates the 3600 printer on the network. Then it asks me to choose the printer software from a list. or choose a disk. I don't have the disk. So, looking through this list, it doesn't even have the HP Color Laser Jet 3600 in there. it's got a 3000 and then jumps to 7000.
View 9 Replies View RelatedPrinter Sharing: Printer Not Compatible
Oct 8, 2009i have a printer on my old windows xp computer. but i went to hook it up to my vista, obviously the printer is not compatible which sucks. so is there a way i can connect it through a network? i have no idea where to start or what to do first.
View 4 Replies View RelatedFind Text File, But Vista Won't Find It
Mar 23, 2008I have a simple text file with a certain word in it. I try to find this text file, but vista won't find it. Windows 2000, linked by network, finds it within a second.
I have tried all available options.
"include non-indexed"
"always search file names and contents"
"find partial matches"
"include subfolders"
etc
etc
It just doesn't work. Why is there not a simple search function that actually works like in windows2000? I am using Vista Ultimate 64 bit. But not having a working search function doesn't look that "ultimate" to me.
Newsgroups: Unable To Find A Way To Find Them I Clicked On "Help" And The Advice Includes "Click The Tools Menu
Jun 15, 2009I'm using Vista Home Premium - I generally use Outlook 2007 for my e-mail and organising but recently went to Windows Mail to find a Newsgroup (unavailable in Outlook). However, no Newgroups were visible. Unable to find a way to find them I clicked on "Help" and the advice includes "Click the Tools menu, and then click Newsgroups." However, there is no "Newsgroups" option in the Tools menu that displays. The Windows Mail I have is version 6.0.6000....
View 9 Replies View RelatedPrinter Spooler Is Not Running, Restart Printer Spooler
May 7, 2008I'm trying to install my Printer Driver for Canon Pixma printer. When I run the executable to install the driver, it come back with "Printer Spooler is not running, Restart Printer Spooler. So I re-start Printer Spooler under Admin. Tools. Then I try to run the executable again. And again the Printer Spooler is stopped. It seems the executable stops the Printer Spooler?
View 5 Replies View RelatedSlow Shared Printer - Extrememly Slow Shared Printer
Jul 29, 2009Problem:
1) Extremely slow shared printer response
2) application nonresponsive while printing
Network Topography:
1 Vista Home Premium 32 PC
1 Vista Home Premium 64 PC
Cisco SD2008 Switch
1 HP 4050 Laserjet (Parallel connected to Vista 32 Machine above)
Configuration of Printer:
Connected via parallel to Vista 32 machine
Printer is configured for sharing and is installed on both machines
test pages print successfully from both machines
Additional notes:
During printer setup on the Vista 32 machine, I attempted to install
additional 64x drivers, but could not locate them, so I skipped this step.
During printer setup on the Vista 64 machine, the shared printers were
identified successfully, and I added the network printer. I was not asked to
install drivers the way I have in the past when adding a local printer.
Printing using the shared printer on the local machine Vista 32 performs
with normal speeds. Printing from the network computer Vista 64 using the
shared printer installed on Vista 32 is extremely slow. Even typing in print
job changes in the print dialog window takes 30 seconds or so for each key
stroke to register a response onscreen.
Printer
Mar 23, 2008I have a new laptop with windows vista and my desktop has XP on my desktop is a printer installed and with my old laptop i could print with that printer. Now I'm trying to get this to work with my new laptop but it doesn't work. On the desktop I have enabled sharing the printer and both computers are in the same workgroup and if i get the vista to detect the printer via the setup of "add printer" it will find it but when i try and
connect it it says "can not connect, acces denied" I've tried some things but
it didn't help. I've installed the driver of the printer and i can still print with my
old laptop.
All In One Printer
Jun 7, 2008I am involved with out U3A (Educational charity for retired people) we bought our membership secretary a new Vista computer when her XP system died and of course her old Dell all in one wont work. Does any one have details of a working all in one (printer / scanner fax not essential) which worked "straight out of the box" or with minimum driver download. I have searched the web without much sucess
View 7 Replies View RelatedUSB Printer
Feb 17, 2009I have added hp printer deskjet 5850 to vista hame as a 5600 (as told on hp website) It printed. then I added a laserjet 2100 via a parallel to usb. This works fine but the 5850 has stopped working. I tried plugging into a different usb port which has just clogged up the port but not got the printer working.
View 4 Replies View RelatedPrinter Sharing From X64 To XP X86
Jan 1, 2008I have a PC running Vista Ultimate x64. Attached to that PC (via USB) is a HP Photosmart C3180. My wife's laptop is running XP Professional x86. I am trying to allow her to print to the printer attached to my Vista x64 PC. I install the printer properly and confirm it working on my Vista x64 PC. I then share it out under the name HPC3180. I disable password protected sharing and under the security settings of the printer I give "Anonymous Logon" permission to access the printer.
I know generally I would have to specify the x86 version of the driver under the "Additional Drivers" area in the properties of the printer; but in this case I do not know where to get the .INF files. I can download the drivers for the 32 bit version of XP from HP's site, but they aren't self extracting EXE files so I cannot get the INF file out of them to use. I even tried setting it up (on XP x86 laptop) as a "Local Printer" with a "Local Port" that points the printer. I then tried to use a variety of older and generic drivers. At worst it refused to print entirely. At best I got some sort of seemingly random output from the printer.
Not Sharing The Printer
Jun 28, 2009old computer newbie has desktop with xp hardwire connected and new laptop with vista wireless connected. printed is hardwire connected to old computer. so far I can only create a network showing new laptop and the new router installed between the old external modem and old computer. I really want to be able to use old printer from my new laptop.
View 9 Replies View RelatedPrinter Goes Offline
Apr 10, 2009Using HP psc 2510, linksys wrt54g router, and Toshiba laptop with Vista os.Everything is great for a few days, then the printer will not work.Looking at control panel, printers, I see the printer is offline.How do I get it back online? The blue light is on, but it will not print network config page.I have to reset the router and reinstall the printer to get it working again.
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Feb 26, 2010I cannot get my 64 bit vista machine to connect to a printer connected to my 32 bit XP machine. I have read all kinds of advice on various forums and the microsoft support site but nothing seems to work. Both computers have been networked for some time, I am able to share files and folders, both computers see the other in their network folder. I have pinged the printer, the other computer back and forth and everything is OK. I can see the network printer connected to the host computer but when I try to connect, I get the message that the server does not have the correct driver(s) installed. The printer prints fine from the XP machine.
When I tried to install the drivers on the Vista machine I was told by HP that they do not have a full version of the drivers for my 64 bit macnhine but could only provide basic drivers which I downloaded and installed. I have tried creating a new port with the host computer name and printer name but all I get is the network path cannot be found. I have followed some of the suggestions for similiar problems on this site where people have had success but those ideas just don't work. The printer is a HP Photosmart 7960 which I have had for several years. Right now I am at my wits end and ready to go back and start over, maybe I missed something minor.
Printer Won't Work
Aug 30, 2008I just got vista home premium and tried to copy pothos from my Dell924.. won't work. I downloaded the drivers and softwear for vista 32bit and installed but to no avale. I can print. Do just take a stick and whack it?
View 4 Replies View RelatedPossible To Share The Printer Only?
Nov 29, 2009When you turn on file and printer sharing, both file and printer sharing are turned on. Is there a way to turn on printer sharing only? by default, c$ is always shared on windows XP pro, I am not sure about vista/windows 7 home premium. So there is some security risk with file sharing, while there is less risk with printer sharing.
The PCs are behind the firewall, however, there is a possibility that the PC used by the kids have trojan or are even hijacked (anti-virus are installed but it's still not that secure). So I only want to share the printer.
Printer Not Turne On
Feb 24, 2007If my printer is not turned on, Vista will not cold boot (returns from hibernate fine, but won't boot fresh). If I turn on my printer before Vista starts to load, though, I'm home free.
As well, certain installation programs will simply hang unless and until my printer is turned on. I just upgraded my Catalyst drivers yesterday, and while it was detecting my hardware it just sat at halfway across the meter for 20 minutes. I turned on my printer, and within seconds it was finishing the installation.
Looking For A -compatible Printer
May 8, 2008I just gave away my Dell printer because it was incompatible with Windows Vista, and i need a new printer ASAP. Please let me know which printers ($210.00 max) might be Vista-compatible. Specifically, I am searching for an all-in-one with scanning and perhaps duplex.
View 6 Replies View RelatedHP Cannot See XP Shared Printer
Jul 27, 2008Vista Home premuim. Network settings correct on both PCs. From Vista I can ping the XP by IP address and by Computer name. From Vista I can map a drive on the XP using either IP or computer name. However In Network XP PC name is present but double-click says no access.Shared printer on XP is not found by Vista Add Printer. XP can see Vista in Network Places and double-click shows shared folders.
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