Hello,

I am having difficulty setting up my 2-computer network to be able to use my
single printer. My network seems otherwise to function just fine: I can see
each computer under Network Neighborhood, I can ping each computer, I can
share my cable modem from each computer (2 IPs), I can share files between
the 2 computers. But I can't seem to get the 2nd  computer to use the
printer that is attached to the LPT1 port of the first.

Setup: computer A is a Dell desktop PC, Win 98, HP DeskJet 722c inkjet
printer plugged into LPT1. Computer B is a Dell Latitude laptop, Win 98SE.
Both are plugged into a Linksys Ethernet 5 port hub, as is my cable modem. I
have Client for Microsoft Windows installed, and I have the service Support
for file and printer sharing enabled. I do NOT have file and printer sharing
on TCP/IP (for security reasons), but both computers have NetBEUI installed
and file and printer sharing is attached to NetBEUI on both computers.

I have set up the DeskJet as a shareable printer under Computer A. When I go
to add a networked printer under Computer B, I can see the printer, I can
specify the path, I can install the drivers etc, but when I go to test
printer communication between the two, I get an instant error message that
there is no communication between them.

No mater what I have tried, I cannot get Computer B to talk to the printer.
Computer A continues to see it just fine as it always did, so it is not a
printer problem per se.

Any ideas what I am doing wrong?

Michael

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