Problem accessing a printer across a network

krishna

Using Windows Small Business Server 2003. Clients are running XPPro or 2000 Pro. Have a printer connected to one of theclients. Was working fine, but now we can only print from the PC it is connected to and one other PC.

I've checked share permissions etc. on the PC and it all seems fine. Any ideas?

If I try adding that printer again onto other PCs when it looks at that client it doesn't find any printers at all.

Little_John

The way I would work this is the share the PC's on the workstations and allow it to be added to the active directory.

Then on the workstations use the active directory search to find the printers.

If the above fails then install the printers on the server and see if you can print from there.

krishna

Little_John wrote: »

The way I would work this is the share the PC's on the workstations and allow it to be added to the active directory.

Then on the workstations use the active directory search to find the printers.

Tried that. Same problem. No printer found.

If the above fails then install the printers on the server and see if you can print from there.

Tried that. Prints from the Server, but not the workstations. Basically it doesn't find the printer at all from the two affected workstations.

Nikolai

Are these different user accounts that you are using on different pcs - i.e. do they have different privileges?

spend_spend_spend

printers and fax, Go to add printer, search for printer on network....

krishna

Not quite sure what the problem was, but one of the PCs was set to work off line. Disabling this seemed to resolve the problem and I reinstalled the driver off the active directory as suggested by Little John.

Thanks

Little_John

Printers are the biggest pain in the !!! ever, I probably spend 40% of my time sorting out printer problems another 40% removing viruses and spyware or other little !!!!!! programs and search/tool bars the 20% is doing proper repairs and installations. hey but they all pay the same so Im not bothered.

BeerBelly

Have you got the pritners shared out correctly?

As well as 'Securirt' permission, check the Sharing name and permission os that.

Can you map to other shares on that PC from anotehr one?