Configure network printer windows vista

Is there some sort of group policy or something I can use to get rid of the "security" feature? Thursday, June 11, AM. It took so very, very long to find. It's under the Point and Print Restrictions group policy setting. A lil frustrated at the effort for something seemingly so simple, but happy it fixed. Marked as answer by jessic4h Thursday, June 11, AM. Hi Jessica, Please let us know more information.

Hi, 1. WMI gives return code , which looks odd. The normal error code according to MSDN article for failed driver installation is As soon as the driver package is removed using the snap-in, the error resurfaces. Can anyone tel me the steps? I found your information regarding adding a shared printer on a Windows XP computer.

Your example regarding printer name, etc. Well done. Great information, and easy to follow, I used both instructions, adding my existing printer to a network and sharing the network. I am in college and my son just started, we have two desktops and a recently purchased net-book. It would have been overwhelming buying additional printers, thanks for all your help this saves us so much time and energy:. Thanks for sharing these tips with us, I need them for my new job, as the matter of fact I need all the help I can get because I never handled a printer before all by myself.

What do you need to add a network printer? A network printer can be a printer that is already installed on one computer in your home or office network. It does not have to be anything special. You need to know the actual computer name that the printer is installed on. How to find the Computer Name? Printer Sharing has to be enabled. Also create a simple name for your printer here.

The share name of you shared printer. It usually is the brand of the printer which could be cannon bj, however I like to rename it just printer. How to add a network printer onto your home network: Go to the control panel which can be found by clicking the start button. In the left bar click on switch to classic view. Then click on the Printer and Faxes Icon. Settings on Print Server:Describes the procedure for setting up a computer directly connected to a printer with a USB cable. Settings on Client PC:Describes the procedure for setting up those computers that will use this printer through the network.

When you execute print, the data is sent through the print server system to the printer. In case an error occurred when a document is printed by the client system to a shared printer, the error message of Canon IJ Status Monitor will be displayed both on the client system and the print server system. Install the printer drivers from the CD-ROM provided with the printer on the print server system and each of the client systems according to the OS of each system. Windows XP may display a message recommending the user to use the Network Setup Wizard to set up sharing.

Some applications require an administrator account to continue. If you are logged on to a standard account, switch to an administrator account, and restart the operation from the beginning.

During the installation, a screen prompting you to turn the printer on appears. Click Manual Selection and then select an appropriate port to complete your installation. Click the icon for the printer that you have configured on the print server system to be shared, and then click Next.

If the icon for the printer is not displayed, check that the printer is actually connected to the print server. It may take some time for the icon for the printer to appear. This completes the setup on the client systems.