unable to connect to network printers

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Did you add the XP drivers for the printer to the NT 4 server? See
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/AddDrivertoOldOS.htm.

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"lauraldo2" <lauraldo2@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4907E80B-FC80-4BA9-AC04-E84A730C311C@microsoft.com...
> We have a LAN with Windows NT Pack 4 servers. A XP client is not able to
> print to network printers. The Printers and Faxes window shows that the
> network printers are "unable to connect", and the message says "Printer
> spooler is not running". However, the spooler service is running on both
> the
> NT server and the XP client. The printers are standalone printers set up
> on
> the server via the Lexmark TCP/IP Network Port using their IP addresses..
> Any suggestion is appreciated