Hi,

I need help with the printer server part of my very simple local network.

Specs:
Netgear Cable/dsl Prosafe Firewall/Print Server FR114P
Desktop running 98SE
Laptop running XP Home
HP Deskjet 990c printer

Both computers connect to the internet ok, through the router.

I want to share the printer through the router.  The printer works fine
when communicating with each computer directly, using each computer's
parallel port.

When I try to print a test page from the 98 machine, using the properties
of the supposedly networked printer, the other printer prints, not the
printer that's hooked up to the router. (that printer is directly hooked up
to the 98 machine)  When I hit the printer icon on the XP machine, that
same non-networked printer spits out a page with "Unsupported
Personality:  UNKNOWN" printed at the top of the page.  Then, when I try to
print a test page using the XP's networked printer properties, no page
prints.

Now I'm lost in all the networking chaos.  The Netgear manual says go here,
do this, but Windows networking wizards don't seem to say the same
thing...or maybe I'm just not getting it.

Help, please.

Thanks so much,
Diane

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