Windows network printer vista

Refer to the following links, which have more information about networking and sharing. No need of installing printer on both the computer, Install the printer on Windows Vista and share the Printer with Windows 7 computer.

Networking home computers running different versions of Windows. Enable file and printer sharing. Hope this helps you. Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help.

Thanks for your feedback. Please suggest a proper method to share the printer between these two computers:. The PC Vista is connected to LAN cable while the laptop Windows 7 has wireless internet access The printer is Canon MP series Pixma Inkjet printer Have enabled printer and file sharing public folders on both computers and installed the printer on both machines. The printer is being detected by both machines but print is not successful.

There seems to be a difference in the drivers that are being used in both computers - Vista recognises the Type-3 x86 printer driver while Windows 7 has the x64 printer driver installed. Could this be of issue? No-ones wants their house cluttered up with unnecessary office equipment, and this is exactly the reason why we need to use a network printer.

For example if you have three computers on your home network you would only need one printer for them all. Windows XP, Vista, and now windows seven, allow you to use computer hardware that is connected to another computer on your Network. This is referring to a normal printer that is not network enabled. To see how to connect a network printer or a wireless network printer please see more information about how to add network printing.

Now days a printer will come with wireless networking capabilities or at the very least an Ethernet port to easily connect to your home network. This tutorial is for a printer without any of these options available. Luckily you can now buy a network printer ready to connect to your network, however if you are trying to make use of an older type printer this tutorial can be helpful. My name is Milica Pantic but everyone calls me Mitz. Hope you enjoy my website and learn everything you need to know in an easy to understand way..

Tips4pc Youtube Channel. These directions are great but I was unsuccessful in connecting to a printer on a WinXP computer from my Win7Pro computer. Any suggestions?

Again the problem exists. It says:windows can not connect to the printer. The server print spooler service is not running. Please restart the spooler on the server or restart the server machine.

Can anyone tel me the steps? I found your information regarding adding a shared printer on a Windows XP computer. Your example regarding printer name, etc. Well done. Great information, and easy to follow, I used both instructions, adding my existing printer to a network and sharing the network. I am in college and my son just started, we have two desktops and a recently purchased net-book. It would have been overwhelming buying additional printers, thanks for all your help this saves us so much time and energy:.

Thanks for sharing these tips with us, I need them for my new job, as the matter of fact I need all the help I can get because I never handled a printer before all by myself. What do you need to add a network printer? A network printer can be a printer that is already installed on one computer in your home or office network. It does not have to be anything special. You need to know the actual computer name that the printer is installed on. How to find the Computer Name?