I'm still wrestling with getting my LaserJet 5 recognized on our office network (in order to upgrade the print server firmware so that it can be seen by the Macs... long story), so I've been spending some time fooling with the two Windows machines on our network (of about 20 Macs), which leads to some questions:
1. Why does our ethernet-connected LaserJet 4000 not show up on the Windows machines even thought they are on the same LAN as that printer? The Macs on the same LAN have no trouble recognizing and printing to this printer. Both Windows machines are running XP. If I go to their "Printers and Faxes" settings and "Add a printer" using the network printer option, I would expect the LJ 4000 to show up when the computer "browses" the network for printers, but it it not found. Nor does it find an HP LaserJet 1200c that is also on the network. It does find a printer that is connected locally to one of the Windows computers and "shared" over the network. The Macs do not see that printer. What do I need to do to get the Windows machines to find the printers that the Macs recognize and the Macs to find the printer that the Windows machines recognize? Dan | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be February 24. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
