[SOLVED] Printer Not Printing to Laptop from Desktop!

[klavender]

ok I've set up everything! I've networked it properly for my Desktop (XP) to print to my laptop (vista)! and when I go and print from the desktop and come to the laptop and open the box to see what's printing, the document is there, but it hasn't started to print and it has been sitting there 2 whole days!

my desktop is the main location for my router and it is wireless also! do y'all think that's the problem??? and/or should i switch them around??

[jfhoffman3]

Do you possibly have two printers setup with the same name? and you networked the wrong one

[klavender]

No, I checked to see if I did, but that's not the case!!

[jfhoffman3]

I'm not busting but I'm having a hard time following your problem....Correct me if i'm wrong. You have two computers.... One being a laptop and the other being a desktop?
The printer is connected to your desktop and you are trying to print to it from your laptop?

[klavender]

my printer connected to my laptop! and i'm trying to print from my desktop!

[jfhoffman3]

ok...I know this doesn't fix your problem but why don't you just go with a print server. That way you don't have to worry about your laptop being on when you need to print from your desktop. Your can typically pick one of these up for fairly cheap $40

[jfhoffman3]

Anyway if your not interested in a print server and you want to leave the printer hooked up to the laptop then I have a few questions
1) For both PC and Laptop...Wired or Wireless
2) Whats your work group and do both machines have the same work group
3) File and printer sharing enabled and is it setup in the windows firewall settings?
4) Are TCP/IP settings statically assigned or dynamically assigned?

[klavender]

Desktop wired, Laptop wireless
both computers workgroup is MSHOME
file share is enabled and both are setup in the firewall
not sure about #4

[jfhoffman3]

for number #4....Click Start, Run, type CMD. A black dos screen will come up. Type IPCONFIG/all.

Post the results for both of them.

Also
1) Do you have a software firewall on either of these machines other than windows firewall.
2) Can you print a test page from the laptop. Right click on the printer and click Properties then Print Test Page?
3) When you setup the printer on the Desktop did you use the machine name or the IP address of the laptop

[klavender]

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : KRLMosley2006
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : domain.invalid

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : domain.invalid
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR5B91 Wireless Network Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-23-4D-06-C0-FB
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.254.2(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, April 16, 2009 7:27:47 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, May 24, 2145 6:07:45 AM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.254.254
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.254.254
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.254.254
192.168.254.254
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) Family PCI-E
GBE NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1E-EC-5F-6B-36
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{E5AFCE28-2A38-4CFC-8085-81C256188
6C2}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.frontiernet.net
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{EC503F5C-5D4B-44D8-81CA-895123BC2
0EA}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 12:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{EC503F5C-5D4B-44D8-81CA-895123BC2
0EA}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 13:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:4137:9e50:1c2a:e58:b5d5:825f(Prefe
rred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::1c2a:e58:b5d5:825f%12(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 14:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{208D2AB6-B870-49BF-883F-127F8BC7A
E03}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 15:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : domain.invalid
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #6
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

I just have the windows firewall!
I can print from my laptop!
I used the IP address of my laptop!

[lorjack]

Try installing the printer on the desktop as a networked printer instead of a local one. You can browse to it once it is shared.

[jfhoffman3]

hey no need to use ! marks. I'm just here trying to help you out. What happens if you go into your laptop and pull up the print job and right click and select restart/resume pring job?

[klavender]

I have resolved my printer issue!!!

[clare voyant]

how about letting us in on the solution.............? :D

[klavender]

For some reason I had the same printer twice in my printers folder but with different names, one printer was HP PSC 1400 series laptop and the other HP PSC 1400 series! So I setup both computers to use HP PSC 1400 series laptop to be the default printer! But everytime I would try to print it would never print! So about a couple of hours ago, I changed the default printer for both computers to be HP PSC 1400 series! Also for some reason, the HP PSC 1400 series would always set itself as default printer even though I had made the other one the default printer! So everything is working now!

And at first I thought it was my USB Hub causing the problem, but that wasn't the case though!


Now I just need someone to help me to solve my other problem and I will be alright!!
http://www.techsupportforum.com/netw...p-desktop.html

[clare voyant]

thanks klavender :D