XP laptop won't print to printer on 2K server

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Try connecting the R40 to the router via Ethernet cable and see if the
problem persists.

Also, if you haven't already, completely clean up the drivers on the R40
(see http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/Cl [...] ivers.htm) then add the
network printer again.

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Bruce Sanderson MVP Printing

It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question.



"GDogg" <sonofjwh54rag@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> What I've got:
>
> A Dell Dimension 8100 desktop running Win2K;
> An HP LaserJet 1200 connected to the 8100 noted above via
> USB;
> An IBM R40 Thinkpad running WinXP;
> A D-Link router connecting the 8100 & R40 via wireless
> network.
>
> I can see and exchange files between my Thinkpad and the
> 8100 over my wireless network just fine, but I can't get
> the Thinkpad to print to the LaserJet. XP's "Add Printer"
> wizard appears to add the LaserJet to the Thinkpad's list
> of available printers just fine, but even 1-page test
> print jobs fail with a generic "error" message in the
> print queue.
>
> I've updated the LaserJet's drivers on the 8100 to the
> latest XP versions from HP, so it's not a driver problem.
> And I'm able to print to the LaserJet over the network
> from a spare Dell laptop I have which also runs Win2K,
> just like the 8100. So my feeling is, this is some kind
> of 2K/XP compatibility problem I'm looking at.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> GDogg