share printer with windows7 machine

shmu

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Hi,
I am running windows8 pro 32 bit, with a Xerox workcentre 3119 laser printer attached to it, by usb. It prints fine. But... I have a homegroup with a windows7 home premium 64 bit machine on it.
I did a clean reinstall on the windows7 pc, and now I can't print to the Xerox from the windows7 pc.
I tried removing and reinstalling the printer on the windows7 pc,
I tried reinstalling the driver for the printer on my windows8 pc,
I tried removing all the computers from the homegroup and recreating the homegroup,
I tried removing the printer from the windows7 pc and changing the name of "workgroup" and then reinstalling the printer on the windows7 pc.
but I still can print from the windows7 pc. Hum.
Any ideas??
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8.1 pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
Did you turn on Network Discovery and File and Printer sharing options in the Advanced Networking settings on the Windows 7 machine?

Do you have any type of third party anti virus software installed on these machines?

You should also try going to Windows update on the Win 7 machine, it will usually install the drivers for your networked printer automatically.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro WMC
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home built
    CPU
    Q9650 @ 4.05 GHz
    Motherboard
    Gforce 780i SLI FTW
    Memory
    8GB Gskill DDR2 1200Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    GTX-480
    Sound Card
    Asus D2 Xonar
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HannsG
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    Gskill 120GB SSD
    PSU
    Thermal Take 1000watts
    Case
    Thermal Take Xtreme
    Cooling
    9 fans air cooled
    Keyboard
    G15 logitech
    Mouse
    G9 logitech
    Internet Speed
    50mbps
thanks for the good ideas but still no go.
the sharing options were on,
I tried disenabling avast antivirus on both machines (for firewall I use windows firewall, and I never mess around with the settings)
the windows updates didn't do it either.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8.1 pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
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