Usb to printer vista

Thanks Again Matt Z. Thanks for the help. I used the directions given and used the Photosmart driver which comes with Vista.

It works great. Thanks again. I have wireless printing to the photosmart This solved it perfectly for the exact same problem occuring for my combination of Win XP Pro computer as print server and my Win XP x64 client. I'm in a dorm room with 4 guys and we have an extra old laptop with XP sharing the printer.

Only the guy with XP could print while the other the three of us with vista had no luck, our computers would freeze up but now it works! Why was it so hard to find this one little post? It would help so many people! Okay, so this didn't work for me.

Or let me rephrase, it DID work, but also didn't. I want to be able to log in which I can and print from the Vista computer onto a printer connected to my XP laptop which I can't. Please help!! I'm about to downgrade to XP Pro if this doesn't work. This fixed our problem in a local auto shop I was setting up from an XP shared printer to a Vista desktop. If you're asking for technical help, please be sure to include all your system info, including operating system, model number, and any other specifics related to the problem.

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All submitted content is subject to our Terms Of Use. I just purchased a new Dell laptop for a family, and they already have an HP desktop. I also decided to make their network wireless so the desktop is now plugged in, and the laptop can go mobile around the house.

A typical setup for wireless. I installed the dell printer I purchased along with it, on the desktop that's almost always on and shared the printer. Anyways, so the printer is installed, and prints beautifully if printing from the USB port on the main desktop, or, if printing from the laptop to the printer via USB. Follow the remaining prompts to install the new driver for the first printer and print a test page.

Install driver applications for other printers as needed. Install the drivers and printers one at a time. Restart the computer each time you install a new driver application. Jeff Grundy has been writing computer-related articles and tutorials since Since that time, Grundy has written many guides to using various applications that are published on numerous how-to and tutorial sites. How to Uninstall a Xerox Driver. Share on Facebook.

Step 1 Disconnect the printer from the computer if still connected. Step 2 Shut down the computer and restart it. Step 6 Shut down the computer and restart it. Obcvic New Member Member 1 posts. There is another workable solution which also requires taking your Vista notebook to the printer you want to hit at the XP machine and plug in the USB cord to trigger the driver install I had to do it twice due to errors and hiccups installing then go ahead and install it as a network printer as the article linked above also states.

But the article link above I think leaves out the critical steps of the plugging in the printer to trigger the printer driver install on the Vista machine. Once the driver is properly in, you can indeed set up the printer as a network printer and it will set up a virtual USB in Vista, but the HP solution is better because it allows you to read the online status of the printer once it is installed. The other way will work and it prints but the HP solution with the adding of the local port is more elegant in it's operation.

Posted 15 October - PM. May God bless you for your help. Posted 06 December - PM. Trekker New Member Member 1 posts. Hi everyone! I'm trying to connect my new laptop with Vista to share the printer. I followed the steps up untill step 7. But when I just click on the Trekker port and select it, it allows it but then it will not work when I send docs to it. I also changed the name of my shared printer to Brother HL just in case that might have been it, but it still doesn't print.

Any idea's? Posted 12 December - PM. Posted 10 April - PM. Canberra New Member Member 2 posts. Andy, I went through your procedure and it went well until step 7 when I hit OK it came back with the following: "insufficient space in server" and it failed. Any suggestions? Posted 05 July - PM. Thank you all for this information. Even with the information provided on this thread, I still had to do more research and have solved my similar issues.

First, I too have in the house an XP machine and a Vista laptop. I did indeed install the LLTD and that did not solve the problem. I have an Epson printer and followed the general information on the driver install on the Vista machine and plugging in the printer to the Vista laptop to complete the driver install.

That too did not work. It just had to be a Firewall issue. I'm using McAfee and that in itself is a pain to figure out. Did not make sense.

That did the trick.