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Author Topic: Laptop cannot find printer  (Read 4477 times)

Ellemon

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Laptop cannot find printer
« on: March 14, 2009, 09:26:45 AM »
I have a desktop pc and a laptop.  My printer is attached to the dns-323.  The desktop did not have a problem finding the printer, but the laptop cannot find it.  The desktop has full access to the dns-323, while the laptop only has access to certain folders.  Do I need to give access to the printer?  If so, how?

This printer was previously shared when hooked directly to my desktop with no problems.

Thanks for any help.
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fordem

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Re: Laptop cannot find printer
« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2009, 09:38:15 AM »
No - there is no user security that controls access to the printer

Presumably the printer is already installed on the laptop from when it was shared at the desktop - I would suggest using this installation and modifying the properties to point to the DNS-323.

Open the properties, select port, and add a new local port called //<ip_address_of_DNS-323>/lp - where <ip_address_of_DNS-323> is of course the address assigned to your DNS-323.
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Ellemon

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Re: Laptop cannot find printer
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2009, 09:42:41 AM »
Add Port is grayed out and I cannot uncheck the current port nor select another port.
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Ellemon

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Re: Laptop cannot find printer
« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2009, 05:48:00 PM »
Update - it started working all of a sudden.  Guess running the wizard 15x was the way to go.
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