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network printer
- Thread starter mmosier
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Are you running on a Netware network ?
Are you using HP printers ?
If so, update your netware client.
If not, what network are you running on ?
And what printers are you trying to install ?
Does it happen if you install a local printer ?
Does it happen if you install a Generic / Text printer driver ?
HTH
Pete...
Are you using HP printers ?
If so, update your netware client.
If not, what network are you running on ?
And what printers are you trying to install ?
Does it happen if you install a local printer ?
Does it happen if you install a Generic / Text printer driver ?
HTH
Pete...
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I have a laser printer physically-attached on 1 computer's LPT1 and an inkjet physically-attached on another computer's LPT1. They are both shared on the network.
In Add Printer on the computers without a physically-attached printer, selecting a Network printer allows that computer to go to the computer with a printer and bring in the appropriate drivers, doesn't need the install disk/s for that came with the printer/s.
In Add Printer on the computers without a physically-attached printer, selecting a Network printer allows that computer to go to the computer with a printer and bring in the appropriate drivers, doesn't need the install disk/s for that came with the printer/s.
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Not necessarily. As TVIMAN rightly suggests, each PC has the drivers locally installed and, in your case, each PC is acting as a print server, serving the printer to the network. Even in a non-peer LAN some sort of driver must exist on the local PC for the application software to define it's page settings etc.
HTH
Pete...
HTH
Pete...
mmosier,
Question: What OS is the "server" running?
I'm guessing the server has a different OS than the one you're running. If so, it might be trying to share the wrong driver, which might explain the error message you were receiving.
"setup cannot find specified network path"
For example, Windows 2000 has a system path beginning with C:\WINNT, while Win98 has C:\WINDOWS. The driver might be looking for WINNT and not WINDOWS. Like Pete was saying, a copy of the shared driver is installed locally on your pc (Start->Settings->Printers). You won't see it until you can get the setup to complete. You might have to get the Win9x drivers shared from the server.
Read the 2nd set of steps here to learn how:
~cdogg
"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources."
- A. Einstein
Question: What OS is the "server" running?
I'm guessing the server has a different OS than the one you're running. If so, it might be trying to share the wrong driver, which might explain the error message you were receiving.
"setup cannot find specified network path"
For example, Windows 2000 has a system path beginning with C:\WINNT, while Win98 has C:\WINDOWS. The driver might be looking for WINNT and not WINDOWS. Like Pete was saying, a copy of the shared driver is installed locally on your pc (Start->Settings->Printers). You won't see it until you can get the setup to complete. You might have to get the Win9x drivers shared from the server.
Read the 2nd set of steps here to learn how:
~cdogg
"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources."
- A. Einstein
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- #10
What is the path that you specified? Did you use UNC pathing (ex. \\server\printer1)??
If you did use UNC pathing, then test it out. Go to Start->Run and type the path there. After hitting OK, it should pull up the properties for the printer... ~cdogg
"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources."
- A. Einstein
If you did use UNC pathing, then test it out. Go to Start->Run and type the path there. After hitting OK, it should pull up the properties for the printer... ~cdogg
"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources."
- A. Einstein
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- #12
I go to network neighborhood, find computer where printer is loacted, right click on computer, install. computer starts installing files then at 6%, stops and I get "set up could not find specified path". So I went to capture printer port, LPT1,"CANON already installed, would you like to install canon instead?" YES1 then I get 45% installed then same error. Details "path no longer exist, error #37".
UNC pathing? Thanks for help but this is new to me.
UNC pathing? Thanks for help but this is new to me.
OK, take this for example:
There is a printer called Print1 being shared by another computer called PC1.
The UNC path to this printer would then be \\PC1\Print1
- It is always in the following format:
\\Hostname\ShareName
Here is a website that shows you one way of how to install a network printer locally in Win98:
* the only catch is in Step 5, you need to have the Canon driver handy (an .INF file)
~cdogg
"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources."
- A. Einstein
There is a printer called Print1 being shared by another computer called PC1.
The UNC path to this printer would then be \\PC1\Print1
- It is always in the following format:
\\Hostname\ShareName
Here is a website that shows you one way of how to install a network printer locally in Win98:
* the only catch is in Step 5, you need to have the Canon driver handy (an .INF file)
~cdogg
"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources."
- A. Einstein
- Thread starter
- #14
Where it stands...
I installed local printer, Installed network printer, Deleted local printer on server. result, computer could not find local printer anymore and client(if I am using term correctly, slave, secondary or where the printer is connected) computer anymore. I am peer to peer. no computer is really the server. Do I need to somehow force drivers on other computers in the network. Where is Status Monitor.
I installed local printer, Installed network printer, Deleted local printer on server. result, computer could not find local printer anymore and client(if I am using term correctly, slave, secondary or where the printer is connected) computer anymore. I am peer to peer. no computer is really the server. Do I need to somehow force drivers on other computers in the network. Where is Status Monitor.
Deleted local printer on server
Why did you do that? You want to install the local printer, then install the network printer "keeping the existing driver". After the network printer is in your printers folder, then delete the local printer that you started with. At no point should you touch or delete the printer that's installed on the server (the other pc on the P2P network).
Basically, you're only working on the pc that doesn't have the printer attached. The other pc that does, should be left alone during the entire process. There has to be a printer installed on that one so that it is shared.
Perhaps I'm misunderstanding what you said??
~cdogg
"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources."
- A. Einstein
Why did you do that? You want to install the local printer, then install the network printer "keeping the existing driver". After the network printer is in your printers folder, then delete the local printer that you started with. At no point should you touch or delete the printer that's installed on the server (the other pc on the P2P network).
Basically, you're only working on the pc that doesn't have the printer attached. The other pc that does, should be left alone during the entire process. There has to be a printer installed on that one so that it is shared.
Perhaps I'm misunderstanding what you said??
~cdogg
"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources."
- A. Einstein
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DallasToyMan
Technical User
You don't need to install print drivers on each machine in a peer to peer or client/server network. All you have to do is locate the printer on the print server (the machine where the printer drivers are and/or where the printer is physically attatched. Share the printer from the print server, connect through the network to that machine and double click on the printer. That will install a shortcut to the other computer.
DallasToyMan
Technical User
If the remote machine is not seeing the printer then I would guess your TCP/IP protocol stack needs to be rebuilt. Go to start/run and type in ipconfig. In the window that comes up click on release all and reboot. Do this on both machines as you do not know which TCP/IP stack is corrupt.
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