[ale] windows printers

[Paul Cartwright]

On Thu May 14 2009, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> I did make it a static IP, but I replaced my old netgear router with a
> linksys, and had problems getting it to work with the 192.168.10.? subnet,
> but 192.168.10.100 range worked fine.. I forgot about the printer...
>
> > Second, go to the Control Panel > Printers. Right click the printer
> > and choose "Properties". Edit the IP address in the "Location" field
> > on the "General". Next, go to the "Ports" tab and "Configure..." the
> > port. Change the IP address. Done.
>
> I tried that. When I right-click & select properties, it comes back with an
> error dialog box:
> Printer properties cannot be displayed. Make sure that you have typed the
> name correctly, and that the printer is connected to the network.

to update my own email, I changed my IP back to 192.168.10.2 which just 
happened to conflict with my wifes vista laptop, so i rebooted her laptop, 
and I still get that error message when trying to right-click the printer.
I hate to set up Samba for just one printer, but that may be what I need to 
do...

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Paul Cartwright
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