I have recently taken an XP PC off my network and have replaced it with a Win 8 PC. I had two printers attached to the XP and now these are attached to the Win 8.
Printing is fine from within the Win 8, but the networked printers don't show on the Win 7s (three of them).
The PCs are in a workgroup, for although all PCs normally on the network are Win 7 and 8, occasionally an XP netbook will be attached. But I suppose I could try a homegroup.
What used to occur was that a printer attached to the XP appeared on the other PCs as 'Canon iP4900 series on X', where X was the name of the remote PC. It was necessary to install the drivers on all the PCs.
Since the change, the two printers are named on the host Win 8 and are marked as shared but are not mentioned on the Win 7s as being on X, which prevents printing. A third printer is attached to the Win 7 at the other end of the house and this appears as being on Y on the other Win 7s and on the Win 8.
I would be grateful for advice as to how I can make the two printers on the Win 8 available to the Win 7s. I must admit that I didn't expect this situation. Network printing has been a breeze previously.
Printing is fine from within the Win 8, but the networked printers don't show on the Win 7s (three of them).
The PCs are in a workgroup, for although all PCs normally on the network are Win 7 and 8, occasionally an XP netbook will be attached. But I suppose I could try a homegroup.
What used to occur was that a printer attached to the XP appeared on the other PCs as 'Canon iP4900 series on X', where X was the name of the remote PC. It was necessary to install the drivers on all the PCs.
Since the change, the two printers are named on the host Win 8 and are marked as shared but are not mentioned on the Win 7s as being on X, which prevents printing. A third printer is attached to the Win 7 at the other end of the house and this appears as being on Y on the other Win 7s and on the Win 8.
I would be grateful for advice as to how I can make the two printers on the Win 8 available to the Win 7s. I must admit that I didn't expect this situation. Network printing has been a breeze previously.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- win 8.1
- Computer type
- Laptop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Medion E6234
- CPU
- i3-3120M
- Memory
- 4 GB
- Browser
- IE 11
- Antivirus
- Norton IS