List of printers when adding network printer

[forumit]

When i browse list of network printers i only get a few printers listed in AD.I dont have this problem with Win XP.

 

[brokenhalo]

These may be stupid questions...

1) Are the printers you can't see shared?
2) Are the printers that you can't see network printers, or are they attached directly to another PC?
2) If they are shared, does your local Win7 account have permission to access them?
3) Have you tried going to Control Panel>>Hardware and Sound>>Devices and Printers>>Add a Printer and browsing to the printer? Can you see it there?
3) If the printer is networked, can you browse to it by IP address?
4) If the printer is shared through another PC, can you browse to other files on that PC by going to Start and typing \\computername in the search box?

Answering these questions will help me to help you.

Brad L.
Systems Engineer
Prestige Technologies
bradlaszlo[at]prestigetech.com

http://www.prestigetech.com

"Some things Man was never meant to know. For everything else, there's Google.

 

[forumit]

Yes they are all network printers shared by printer servers. If i go the add printer route it only brings up printers located at some of our overseas branches.I can add printers by using \\print_server_name - connect.

 

[linney]

Are the Printers set up to be "discoverable" on the Network? Are the other workstations seeing them?

You are probably aware that Networking and Sharing are a little bit different in XP compared with Vista or Windows 7.

File and Printer Sharing in Windows Vista

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727037.aspx

Try your luck in one of the Server Forums too.

http://www.tek-tips.com/threadminder.cfm?pid=1674

http://www.tek-tips.com/threadminder.cfm?pid=931

 

[forumit]

Yes any XP workstation can see them but not Windows 7. Printers are all set as listed in directory. Must be a Windows 7 setting.

 

[kjv1611]

Is the Win7 machine using a different piece of security software than the XP machines? Perhaps a different firewall, or else firewall settings in the Windows firewall?