[ale] windows printers

[Jim Kinney]

Delete the printer. reboot the windows box. create a new printer using
the old drivers but config the new port with the new ip address.

On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Paul Cartwright <ale at pcartwright.com> wrote:
> 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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