Can't speak for printer on W7 host, do know that Xp32 host has worked fine printing
from my W7 client using generic HP drivers (there are no HP made Vista/W7 drivers for
my printer).
File sharing works fine, I access my W7 host's file shares all the time from an XP
client & vice-versa.
Trouble with using both printer ports would be the possibility of simulatainious use
and I would be that could put the printer in panic/race condition if it's not
designed to be used that way.
For sure any printer not driver package not designed to handle all versions of
windows used is not going to have the needed driver files for clients using different
versions of windows than the host.
Solution I have used in the past is to load a dummy local USB printer on the client
so the drivers get installed and then remap the port in control panel to the network
shared printer or add a new instance of the printer with the loaded drivers mapped
to the share.
On 2/15/2010 4:38 PM, Soren wrote:
Document- and printer sharing between XP and W7 is a no-go. It can
probably be done, but only by inside knowledge from M$. Who's first? :)
In your shoes, look for physical ports located on the back of the
printer. If there's both Parallel and USB ports, two different cables
might work with two different puters. Done this many times myself, and
no hickups so far.
If this doesn't work, maybe you should look for some sort of PnP print
server that is *confirmed* to work with both XP and W7-64.
Before connecting a printer to WAN, pls remember that a more than 10
years old vulnerability that makes it possible to gain access to a LAN
from WAN through the printer, is still wide open and unpatched.
Bobby Heid wrote:
Have you set up printer sharing? On the W7 box, go to Start|Help and
Support and enter share printer. That should get you going.
Thanks,
Bobby
-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 5:11 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [H] Mapping printer xp to w7 ?
Friend, customer running a new puter with w7 home premium 64bit, her
printer
( canon xx500) works fine.
Tried to map her laptop to print, can not make it go. I assume I need
to add
the X86 drivers to the w7 install but w7 will not let me. DL'ed directly
from Canon.
FWIW the printer on the w7 box just was recognized and worked on first
boot
but when it asks me for additional drivers it just will not take them.
AT a loss at the moment. As a work around put a folder on the laptop
to copy
docs to and a shortcut on the w7 box she can print so at the moment no
big
deal but I really HATE not being able to make it go. I wonder to
myself if a
newer printer might work. Worked fine when she was running xp.
I have mapped many a printer. My w7 box has no problem printing thru
my XP
box. ( opposite to her situation)
fp
thanks
Happy *V* Day
