"Bob Fay" <rgfay@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> Thanks to all for your help.
> Apparently HP does not have a suitable driver for Win 7. Win7 uses some
> universal driver to handle this printer. It is supposed to be limited in
> its functions. When I seek the printer in my XP machine, Windows7 wants a
> driver that it cannot find. A long USB extension cord will do the job for
> now.
>
> Thanks again,
Ah, I know what you are doing wrong--you are still trying to let Windows
install your printer for you. Your printer is already installed--you are
using it aren't you--through the USB. What you need to do is get it to
print through YOUR NETWORK--this has nothing to do with drivers.
First, go to Start, then Devices & Printers. Your printer will be listed.
Right click on it and choose PRINTER PROPERTIES. Once that menu opens click
on the Ports tab. Then click on the Add Port button. Highlight LOCAL Port
from the popup and then click on the NEW PORT. A box opens that says Enter
port name. This is where you type the path through your network to your
printer. You will have to enter the name of the computer that this printer
is attached to. The path will look something like this: \\gateway\hp
LaserJet 1300
I used my own pathway as an example. The name of the computer that my
printer is on is "gateway" The printer is an HP LaserJet 1300. This is the
tricky part. This pathway has to be typed exactly right to tell your laptop
where to find that computer on the network. Look in the computer that your
printer is install on and see what it is named there--that is how it will
have to be typed. It might take a few tries to get it typed exactly right,
but it will get you to that printer.
Good luck. If I can do it, you can do it. You just have to slug it out
with these machines until you get it right.
> Bob
> "Annie Woughman" <anniewoughman@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> "Bob Fay" <rgfay@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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>>> Well, so far I have a giant headache.
>>> I connected the printer to my notebook with the win7 and the HP5150
>>> printer worked fine.
>>> When I try to install a driver in the XP desktop, I realize that I don't
>>> know the name of the driver in the Win7 machine and I don't know where
>>> to put it in the XP machine.
>>> Any help and some aspirin would sure be appreciated.
>>>
>>> Bob
>>
>> If the printer was already working on the XP machine, it shouldn't need a
>> driver. Just plug the printer back into the same USB port it was using
>> and it should work fine. The tricky part is typing the correct path in
>> your laptop when you change the properties of that machine to get it to
>> find the printer through your network. It will be something like
>> \\nameofcomputer(that the printer is connected to)\nameofprinter
>>
>> If you look in the control panel of the XP machine under Printers and
>> Faxes, right click on the printer and click on the general and you will
>> see the name of the printer.
>>
>>> "Bob Fay" <rgfay@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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>>>>I have just obtained a new notebook with Win7 64 bit on board, My
>>>>desktop computer is running XP and is not capable of running Win7. On my
>>>>home network I can share files from XP on the Win7 machine, but not from
>>>>the Win7 to XP. My printer is connected to the XP desktop. Is there any
>>>>way that I can share this printer with the Win7 64 bit notebook.
>>>>
>>>> Bob
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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