network printer and Vista

#1

Help please! I am using an HP 7550 printer my XP machine. My Vista machine
is the network PC and XP is my host machine. I cannot access my printer via
my home network because HP does not have Vista drivers for this printer. I
followed their fix to set up a "dummy" printer on my Vista machine, but this
is to set up a local printer, not a network printer. I tried plugging the
printer to my Vista machine but that did not work. Do I need to install the
drivers for the "dummy" printer on my XP machine?

Thanks!

Eddie G

#2

Eddie G wrote:

Quote:

Help please! I am using an HP 7550 printer my XP machine. My Vista
machine is the network PC and XP is my host machine. I cannot access my
printer via my home network because HP does not have Vista drivers for
this printer. I followed their fix to set up a "dummy" printer on my
Vista machine, but this is to set up a local printer, not a network
printer. I tried plugging the printer to my Vista machine but that did
not work. Do I need to install the drivers for the "dummy" printer on
my XP machine?

Thanks!

Eddie G

sound's like another convincing argument not to use vista for a while.

have you tried installing them (drivers), I cant see it would hurt

#3

On Mar 23, 12:30 am, atec 77 <""atec77# \"@ hotmail.com"> wrote:

Quote:

Eddie Gwrote:
Help please! I am using an HP 7550 printer my XP machine. My Vista
machine is the network PC and XP is my host machine. I cannot access my
printer via my home network because HP does not have Vista drivers for
this printer. I followed their fix to set up a "dummy" printer on my
Vista machine, but this is to set up a local printer, not a network
printer. I tried plugging the printer to my Vista machine but that did
not work. Do I need to install the drivers for the "dummy" printer on
my XP machine?

Thanks!

Eddie G

sound's like another convincing argument not to use vista for a while.
have you tried installing them (drivers), I cant see it would hurt

I never thought if installing the XP drivers to see what would
happen! Great idea!

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