I have an XP (SP2) system with an HP 1300 attached. I would like to share it
with a second machine on the network.

File and printer sharing is enabled. I go to the "sharing tab", select
share this printer and type in a name for the shared printer. Then I click
apply. When I close this box, the little hand showing sharing does not
appear under the printer. WHen I go back to the sharing tab, it still says
"do not share this printer".

Where else do I need to set things for the printer to be shared??

Any help is greatly appreciated

LAByerly wrote:
> I have an XP (SP2) system with an HP 1300 attached. I would like to share it
> with a second machine on the network.
>
> File and printer sharing is enabled. I go to the "sharing tab", select
> share this printer and type in a name for the shared printer. Then I click
> apply. When I close this box, the little hand showing sharing does not
> appear under the printer. WHen I go back to the sharing tab, it still says
> "do not share this printer".
>
> Where else do I need to set things for the printer to be shared??
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated
There are restrictions on what you can use as a share name. IIRC, it's
<=12chars and no special chars, including spaces.

--
Lem MS MVP -- Networking

To the moon and back with 64 Kbits of RAM and 512 Kbits of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer

The share name is 8 characters, no spaces (xxxx1300)

"Lem" wrote:

> LAByerly wrote:
> > I have an XP (SP2) system with an HP 1300 attached. I would like to share it
> > with a second machine on the network.
> >
> > File and printer sharing is enabled. I go to the "sharing tab", select
> > share this printer and type in a name for the shared printer. Then I click
> > apply. When I close this box, the little hand showing sharing does not
> > appear under the printer. WHen I go back to the sharing tab, it still says
> > "do not share this printer".
> >
> > Where else do I need to set things for the printer to be shared??
> >
> > Any help is greatly appreciated
> There are restrictions on what you can use as a share name. IIRC, it's
> <=12chars and no special chars, including spaces.
>
> --
> Lem MS MVP -- Networking
>
> To the moon and back with 64 Kbits of RAM and 512 Kbits of ROM.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
>

Run the Network sharing wizard to configure all the network settings.

Can you share any files? Is the Client for Microsoft Windows installed?
(this is a network card property)

--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

"LAByerly" <LAByerly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0AA64816-D565-4C66-94FC-A3F2222CEEAF@microsoft.com...
> The share name is 8 characters, no spaces (xxxx1300)
>
> "Lem" wrote:
>
>> LAByerly wrote:
>> > I have an XP (SP2) system with an HP 1300 attached. I would like to
>> > share it
>> > with a second machine on the network.
>> >
>> > File and printer sharing is enabled. I go to the "sharing tab", select
>> > share this printer and type in a name for the shared printer. Then I
>> > click
>> > apply. When I close this box, the little hand showing sharing does not
>> > appear under the printer. WHen I go back to the sharing tab, it still
>> > says
>> > "do not share this printer".
>> >
>> > Where else do I need to set things for the printer to be shared??
>> >
>> > Any help is greatly appreciated
>> There are restrictions on what you can use as a share name. IIRC, it's
>> <=12chars and no special chars, including spaces.
>>
>> --
>> Lem MS MVP -- Networking
>>
>> To the moon and back with 64 Kbits of RAM and 512 Kbits of ROM.
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
>>

All of the other networking functions work great. It shares files and
connects to other printers on the network without any problem.

I will look at the network wizard and see if it sets anything differently.

"Alan Morris [MSFT]" wrote:

> Run the Network sharing wizard to configure all the network settings.
>
> Can you share any files? Is the Client for Microsoft Windows installed?
> (this is a network card property)
>
> --
> Alan Morris
> Windows Printing Team
> Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
> "LAByerly" <LAByerly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0AA64816-D565-4C66-94FC-A3F2222CEEAF@microsoft.com...
> > The share name is 8 characters, no spaces (xxxx1300)
> >
> > "Lem" wrote:
> >
> >> LAByerly wrote:
> >> > I have an XP (SP2) system with an HP 1300 attached. I would like to
> >> > share it
> >> > with a second machine on the network.
> >> >
> >> > File and printer sharing is enabled. I go to the "sharing tab", select
> >> > share this printer and type in a name for the shared printer. Then I
> >> > click
> >> > apply. When I close this box, the little hand showing sharing does not
> >> > appear under the printer. WHen I go back to the sharing tab, it still
> >> > says
> >> > "do not share this printer".
> >> >
> >> > Where else do I need to set things for the printer to be shared??
> >> >
> >> > Any help is greatly appreciated
> >> There are restrictions on what you can use as a share name. IIRC, it's
> >> <=12chars and no special chars, including spaces.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Lem MS MVP -- Networking
> >>
> >> To the moon and back with 64 Kbits of RAM and 512 Kbits of ROM.
> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
> >>
>
>
>

Is it XP Home or Pro and how many other printers and PCs are you already
connected to with the PC in question?
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
http://www.coribright.com/windows

"LAByerly" <LAByerly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0EB62477-33E0-4925-8DEC-0937B20AD131@microsoft.com...
> All of the other networking functions work great. It shares files and
> connects to other printers on the network without any problem.
>
> I will look at the network wizard and see if it sets anything differently.
>
..

The system is XP Home. He is connected to a Designjet 800 (thru a HP jet
direct box) and an 8150 (also jet direct) and at least one other printer on
another system in the network. He has access to a Windows NT 4 server. His
user has administrator rights. The printer hooked to his system (that I can
not get to share) is and HP1300 connected parallel.

"Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:

> Is it XP Home or Pro and how many other printers and PCs are you already
> connected to with the PC in question?
> --
> Cari (MS-MVP)
> Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
> http://www.coribright.com/windows
>
> "LAByerly" <LAByerly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0EB62477-33E0-4925-8DEC-0937B20AD131@microsoft.com...
> > All of the other networking functions work great. It shares files and
> > connects to other printers on the network without any problem.
> >
> > I will look at the network wizard and see if it sets anything differently.
> >
> ..
>
>
>