| Subject: Network Printer |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.print_fax_scan |
| Date: 7/14/2008 7:41:01 PM |
| From: =?Utf-8?B?QiBXaGl0?= [Email Address Protection] |
A Dell A920 Printer is connected to my old laptop running XP. I am using another laptop running vista. When I try to use the printer on the XP via the vista computer I am unsuccessful. I have tried reading through the forums and this is what I've done so far. 1. Updated both drivers on both computers. 2. Tested the printer out on both computers via usb (and worked) 3. Set up a Local Port on the Vista machine and then changed it to \\computername\printername. 4. Have both computers in the same workgroup and can share files/media with no problem. 5. Turned off all Security related programs except windows defender and enabled printer sharing. 6. Pinged each computer with good results. It seems to all work right up until the point where I try to print and then get a message saying "communication not available". I've very baffled. Here is what the event log says: EventID 54 [ Qualifiers] 49152 Level 2 Task 0 Keywords 0x80000000000000 Don't know what that means, but hopefully someone else does! Please help... |
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| Subject: Re: Network Printer |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.print_fax_scan |
| Date: 7/15/2008 8:45:59 AM |
| From: "Alan Morris [MSFT]" [Email Address Protection] |
whose popping the "communication not available" dialog? Is event 54 a printing event or network related? -- Alan Morris Windows Printing Team Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here: http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1 This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "B Whit" <B Whit@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:A72DEAD7-EEE6-4E9B-A878-100F29BFB18E@microsoft.com... >A Dell A920 Printer is connected to my old laptop running XP. I am using > another laptop running vista. When I try to use the printer on the XP via > the vista computer I am unsuccessful. I have tried reading through the > forums and this is what I've done so far. > 1. Updated both drivers on both computers. > 2. Tested the printer out on both computers via usb (and worked) > 3. Set up a Local Port on the Vista machine and then changed it to > \\computername\printername. > 4. Have both computers in the same workgroup and can share files/media > with > no problem. > 5. Turned off all Security related programs except windows defender and > enabled printer sharing. > 6. Pinged each computer with good results. > > It seems to all work right up until the point where I try to print and > then > get a message saying "communication not available". I've very baffled. > > Here is what the event log says: > > EventID 54 > > [ Qualifiers] 49152 > > Level 2 > > Task 0 > > Keywords 0x80000000000000 > > Don't know what that means, but hopefully someone else does! Please > help... |
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