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Mark Rode <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 27 May 1998 11:00:26 -0700
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I had the same problem with a HP 820cse and figured out the problem was in
the drivers. I suspect you have the same problem. The newest 800 series
drivers which finally include NT drivers and were made available in Feb 98
do not allow you to easily install the local HP as a network printer. The
drivers will not correctly transfer the appropriate files form the local to
the network PC....the only way I could make it work was to hand feed the
network PC the files it asked for which is a tedious process. However this
approach only works if the local and network PC are running 95/98 .....this
will not work if your local is NT4 and your network is 95 as there is a
special NT procedure.
Once I actually had the drivers installed and working I had problems
printing certain documents correctly in MS Publisher 97 and 98. I finally
removed the new HP drivers and went back to my original drivers on my 95
machines...........and now things are back to normal with all the usually
and known HP bugs.......but at lease I can install across a network and
print my pub files.
I have tied to contact HP to report the bugs and  tell them that their new
drivers are not network friendly but HP has made itself very inaccessible.
They do not even post a email address for printer support or anything else
as far as I can tell.

Mark

>Just out of curiosity, what type of printer do you have?  I have an HP
>855CSE and have had problems sharing this printer over a network and have
>yet to find the cause of the problems.
>
>HTH,
>Clyde Lerner
>

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