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More info?)
Thanks for your reply Bruce. I tried the info at the first link but forgive
my ignorance I am not sure how to come up with the name of the print server
and the printer name. My network is a Microsoft wireless network that is
called Mshome - is that the name of the print server, or is it the name of
my PC? I have tried both and get an error message that the network cannot be
found. I used the name of the printer as the second part of the string.
Nothing seems to work.
Regards,
"Bruce Sanderson" <bsanders@junk.junk> wrote in message
news:evSF8CQIEHA.3820@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Unfortunately, not all printer manufacturer's are packaging drivers for
all
> printers so that they can be installed as "Additional Drivers".
>
> However, the information at
>
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/NetPrinterNoPP.htm might be a way around
> your problem.
>
> See also
>
http://h20015.www2.hp.com/en/document.jhtml?reg=&plc=&lc=en&cc=us&prodId=hpofficeje10471&docName=bpu01370&cat=solve,
>
>
http://h20015.www2.hp.com/en/document.jhtml?reg=&plc=&lc=en&cc=us&cat=faq&prodId=hpofficeje10471&docName=bpu01863.html
> and
>
http://h20015.www2.hp.com/en/document.jhtml?reg=&plc=&lc=en&cc=us&cat=faq&prodId=hpofficeje10471&docName=bpu01215.html
>
> This last article includes this statement:
>
> "HP all-in-ones products require bi-directional communication so that the
> product can send information to the computer and receive information from
> the computer."
>
> The implication is that at least some capablilities of the device will not
> be available over the network. Network printing is always one direction -
> from the client to the print server - there is no possibility of two way
> communication with the device from the client. With devices like this,
> sometimes printing will work and sometimes not, although the first HP
> article implies that you should be able to print to the R80 over the
> network.
>
> --
> Bruce Sanderson MVP Printing
>
> It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question.
>
>
>
> "Donnie" <ymivey@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23uccAK1HEHA.2064@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > Sorry I hit the reply button too soon on the last response. I have been
> > trying to add the drivers to the XP PC under the additional drivers
> > section
> > but that is when I get the message that there is no driver for the
> > requested
> > environment at the location where I extracted the ME driver to.
> >
> > Thanks for your help in advance.
> >
> >
> > "Cari (MS MVP)" <Newsgroups1@coribright.com> wrote in message
> > news:OlQ3W0zHEHA.3200@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >> Add the drivers to the XP PC under the additional drivers section....
> >> it's
> >> not autorun.inf you're looking for but something .inf that looks like
the
> >> name of the printer you have. Since you don't tell us, I can't
download
> >> a
> >> similar set and check which file you should be looking for.
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Cari (MS-MVP Windows Client - Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
> >> www.coribright.com
> >>
> >> "Donnie" <ymivey@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >> news:uulYTfwHEHA.3032@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> >> > Hi
> >> >
> >> > I have read several posts of similar problems including one from Cari
> > and
> >> > also referred to the article at the following site.
> >> >
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/qa/qa20030619.shtml - all
without
> > any
> >> > luck. I have a laptop running XP Pro that has a printer attached. I
> > want
> >> > to share that printer with my husband's laptop running ME. When I go
> >> > to
> >> > properties, share printer, and then add the drivers for ME , even
> >> > though
> > I
> >> > have extracted the ME drivers into a temp folder and point to those
> >> drivers,
> >> > I get the message that there is no driver for the requested
environment
> > at
> >> > that location. I can see the autorun.inf file when I do a search but
> > the
> >> > wizard isn't recognizing it evidently. How do I solve this problem
so
> >> > I
> >> can
> >> > share the printer?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks for any help in advance, this is most frustrating and I have
> >> > been
> >> > trying to resolve this for weeks.
> >> >
> >> > Regards,
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
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