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#1 2008-03-09 2:10 pm

powercat
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From: Santa Barbara, CA
Registered: 2004-01-06
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Printing from Windows with shared printer

I have my hp deskjet 5150 hooked up to my powerbook, and printer sharing is set up. I can print fine from my friends macbook pro and my powerbook. However, when I try to set it up to print from my desktop that has windows vista, I can't get it to work.

I set up the printer, using deskjet 5550 driver because 5150 isnt there for some reason (even though I had the printer hooked straight up to the pc and it worked). However, when I try and print, and I set up and select the 5150 on my mac, it never prints. I can look at the printer in printer preferences and it says that "Access denied, unable to connect" on the printer.

Any ideas?


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#2 2008-03-10 8:35 pm

sturner
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From: Carrollton, TX USA
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Re: Printing from Windows with shared printer

Wrong printer driver?


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