Want to share my Deskjet F340 on a workgroup

[beltrmd]

I have a Deskjet F340 connected locally on a Compaq Presario desktop running Windows XP SP3.

This desktop PC is connected by Ethernet cable to a wireless Belkin router.

I also have an HP Pavilion dv6000 notebook running Windows Vista Home Premium SP2 connected wirelessly to the router.

Together these components make up my home workgroup network.

I have attempted to remotely use the Deskjet F340 printer with the notebook but cannot connect to it.

I keep getting an error message which reads "Access Denied."

Can someone please help me share my Deskjet with my notebook?

[PrintDoc]

Have you turned on sharing for the computer running XP?  Right click the printer in the printer list and choose "Sharing".

On Vista, do a "Add a Printer" in the printer list, add a network printer. 

[beltrmd]

Yes, PrintDoc, "Sharing" is enabled on the F340 printer icon on the PC running XP.  When I attempt an "Add a Printer"on the Vista notebook, the wizard detects the printer on the network, then I click on "Next" and the Vista notebook attempts to connect to the printer.  Then I get the error message stating, "Windows cannot connect to the printer. Access is denied."

What do you think is the problem?

[PrintDoc]

There are a lot of problems with Vista trying to share a USB printer with XP (or sharing anything, for that matter).

Sorry, but you are better off searching this forum for your answer from people who know Vista better than I do.  I just get frustrated with it. 

[beltrmd]

OK, thanks for trying to help, PrintDoc.

If there's anyone who is more familiar with Vista, please help.  I'm open to suggestions....

Thanks again, PrintDoc.

[domtorredo]

For xp is hotfix http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922120 check this but with printer have you checked permissions under security tab? user Everyone must have full access or this posted in other posts

Right-click the printer on the print server, click Properties, click the Security tab and confirm that the appropriate user accounts have the Print permission. In a home environment where printer security isn't important, this probably means that the Everyone group should have Print permissions. When in a home networking environment, you can also try logging on to the client computer using an administrator account that has the same name and password as an administrator account on the print server.
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Confirm that you can access shared folders on the print server. If you cannot, troubleshoot file sharing (hint: you might need to enable File and Printer Sharing, and enable the File and Printer sharing in the Windows Firewall).
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If you continue to have trouble, use the following procedure to add the printer using a local port.
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Open the Printers folder on the client computer from which you want to print, right-click a blank part of the window, click Run as administrator, click Add Printer.
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In the Add Printer wizard, click Add a local printer.
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On the Choose a printer port page, click Create a new port, select Local Port, and then click Next.
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In the Port Name dialog box, type the network path to the printer to which you want to print. For example \\server1\printer1 (where server1 is the computer name of the print server and printer1 is the share name for the printer). Then click OK.

Note: Creating a local port instructs the client computer to use its own printer driver to render the printer as a RAW print job and send it directly to the port (which in this case goes to the print server). This obviates the need for the print server to provide feedback to the client, which can work around some authentication issues, as well as issues with mismatched driver versions on the print server and the client computer.