Dan, Could be a couple of things. The printers are hooked up on ethernet, but what protocol are they using? If the LJ4000 can only be seen by the Macs, I'd suspect the printer isn't using a protocol the Windows boxes are using - thus no communication. They (the Windows machines) can see the printer directly connected to the other Windows machine because of the common protocol. It could be TCP/IP or NetBios.
That's where I would start. Jeff Slyn, Owner SLYN Systems & Peripherals (502) 426-5469 serving Kentuckiana clients 7 days a week since 1985! On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 21:45:09 -0500 Dan Crutcher <dcrutcher at loumag.com> writes: > I'm still wrestling with getting my LaserJet 5 recognized on our > office > network (in order to upgrade the print server firmware so that it > can > be seen by the Macs... long story), so I've been spending some time > > fooling with the two Windows machines on our network (of about 20 > Macs), which leads to some questions: > > 1. Why does our ethernet-connected LaserJet 4000 not show up on the > > Windows machines even thought they are on the same LAN as that > printer? > The Macs on the same LAN have no trouble recognizing and printing to > > this printer. > > Both Windows machines are running XP. If I go to their "Printers and > > Faxes" settings and "Add a printer" using the network printer > option, I > would expect the LJ 4000 to show up when the computer "browses" the > > network for printers, but it it not found. Nor does it find an HP > LaserJet 1200c that is also on the network. > > It does find a printer that is connected locally to one of the > Windows > computers and "shared" over the network. The Macs do not see that > printer. > > What do I need to do to get the Windows machines to find the > printers > that the Macs recognize and the Macs to find the printer that the > Windows machines recognize? > > Dan > > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be February 24. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. > > Jeff Slyn, Owner SLYN Systems & Peripherals (502) 426-5469 serving Kentuckiana clients 7 days a week since 1985! ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be February 24. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
