priinter

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Completely uninstall the printer...
http://www.coribright.com/Windows/Article%20One.htm

Then do a reinstall and use the USB port instead of the LPT.
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Cari
MS-MVP Windows Technologies - Printing/Imaging/Hardware
www.coribright.com

"ankush" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1564901c446a7$8db727d0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> hi,
> I am having setting up my prineter, what i am doing is
> sharing a local printer with three other computers, so I
> have my Canon printer connected to my XP machine using
> LPT:1 and then from my other two computers i am sharing
> that printer, now the problem
> When i install printer it works fine both locally and
> while sharing, but then all of a sudden it will stop work
> all settings are the same but it just won't print also if
> i reinstall the printer the whole process of connecting
> it , it will print again.But then after a day or two will
> stop.
>
> Can someone tell me why its doing that and if there is a
> better way to do it. Thanks.
>
> ankush