Hello I have in my workplace a router network that has a printer shared.The printer is connected to my computer and all other computers and it works fine however on one I can see the printer icon but when I try to connect to it nothing happens.Any solutions?It gives me error but it is so fast I can't see it and the printer icon is grey
Connected printer doesn't work
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First, make sure that the problem computer has been granted the necessary access rights to the shared printer on your computer.
Second, try reinstalling the printer drivers on the computer that will not connect to the shared printer.
Second, try reinstalling the printer drivers on the computer that will not connect to the shared printer.
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When you set up printer or file sharing part of the process is establishing who has the rights to do so.
Creating shares can be a somewhat confusing and messy. Doing so must be done carefulliy and deliberately. You can share based on computer and user plus control what is permitted: read, write, delete, etc..
E.g., test pages are generated because you have access to the printer already. However, if you do not have access to the file storing the photographs then that is a different matter.
My suggestion is that you google words such as "printer and file sharing tutorial" and watch or read some of the tutorials etc. that are found. You can, of course, narrow the search to your specific system OS and printer model.
There are a number of factors involved and you need to get a sense of the bigger picture in order to narrow down what is applicable towards resolving your respective problems.
Creating shares can be a somewhat confusing and messy. Doing so must be done carefulliy and deliberately. You can share based on computer and user plus control what is permitted: read, write, delete, etc..
E.g., test pages are generated because you have access to the printer already. However, if you do not have access to the file storing the photographs then that is a different matter.
My suggestion is that you google words such as "printer and file sharing tutorial" and watch or read some of the tutorials etc. that are found. You can, of course, narrow the search to your specific system OS and printer model.
There are a number of factors involved and you need to get a sense of the bigger picture in order to narrow down what is applicable towards resolving your respective problems.
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