Solved Home network printing problem from Windows 8

gadisam

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I have 3 PCs on my home network

  1. Windows XP desktop with HP 6500 USB printer.
  2. Windows 7 desktop with HP 1018 USB printer.
  3. Windows 8 laptop.
All computers can see each other and share folders on the home network.
Computers 1 & 2 can freely print on their own printers, as well as on each other's printer.
The problem is with computer 3 (the Windows 8 machine): it can see both printers, but can't print on either (in fact, I can print a test page on the HP 1018 printer from the printer driver on the Windows 8 machine, but I can't print anything from any application). I tried to install HP 6500 driver on the Windows 8 machine, I turned on Network Discovery in the Advanced Sharing Settings on it, but it still doesn't work.
Any help would be appreciated.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win8

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
I would think that the Windows 8 specific driver for this should work for you. :)

I tried to install the 64-bit driver of the HP6500 on the Win8 laptop, but it won't let me finish the installation until I physically connect the printer to the laptop. Is there any way to bypass it?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win8
Sometimes you can connect via USB or wired connection and once the set up is complete you can change over to a wireless connection.
 

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
Do you suggest that I temporarily disconnect the printer from the desktop, connect it to the laptop, install the driver on the laptop, and then re-connect it to the desktop??
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win8
Do you suggest that I temporarily disconnect the printer from the desktop, connect it to the laptop, install the driver on the laptop, and then re-connect it to the desktop??

Yes I believe that would allow the drivers to install. USB sometimes works but a wired connection is best.
 

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
I have had trouble with HP x64 drivers for my HP 710c, I'm waiting for HP/MS to fix the driver.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    MSI MS7360
    CPU
    Intel E8400 (Wolfdale)
    Motherboard
    MS 7360 P35 V1.0
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI Geforce GT610
    Sound Card
    Realtek Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell 19" Widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    3 x 500 GB Hitachi and Seagate Drives
    PSU
    Corsair 500W
    Case
    Generic
    Cooling
    2 case fans, Artic CPU Cooler
    Keyboard
    Logitech G19
    Mouse
    MS Comfort 4500
    Internet Speed
    19 mbps
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    MS Defender
you'll get better answers here...
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro
    System Manufacturer/Model
    ASRock 990FX Killer
    CPU
    AMD FX 8320
    Motherboard
    ASRock 990 FX Killer
    Memory
    32gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte GTX 750i
    Sound Card
    Realtek (Stock on MB)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ASUS 27 HD Monitor & a 37" LCD HD TV Screen (For movies)
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    1 250 GB SS hard drive for OS
    1 1TB hard drive for data / mirrored to a second 1 TB hd.
    PSU
    650W
    Case
    No name tower
    Cooling
    Enermax Liqtech 240
    Keyboard
    Logitech
    Mouse
    Logitech
    Internet Speed
    Dnload 10.48 Upload .48
    Browser
    IE 11 and Chrome when IE doesn't work
    Antivirus
    F-PROT
Oh, and Chev65 is correct. Disconnect the printer in question, connect it to the Windows 8 computer, install the drivers and make a successful print from the windows 8 computer. Once that is done, connect the printer back to the XP computer or wherever you have it installed, and then share the printer.

From the Windows 8 computer, now all you have to do is to add a new port pointing to the shared name of the printer on the xp computer. It would look something like this:

\\xpcomputername\printersharedname

Then your Windows 8 computer will print to it all day long...provided of course the Windows XP computer is up and running. Hope this helps.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro
    System Manufacturer/Model
    ASRock 990FX Killer
    CPU
    AMD FX 8320
    Motherboard
    ASRock 990 FX Killer
    Memory
    32gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte GTX 750i
    Sound Card
    Realtek (Stock on MB)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ASUS 27 HD Monitor & a 37" LCD HD TV Screen (For movies)
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    1 250 GB SS hard drive for OS
    1 1TB hard drive for data / mirrored to a second 1 TB hd.
    PSU
    650W
    Case
    No name tower
    Cooling
    Enermax Liqtech 240
    Keyboard
    Logitech
    Mouse
    Logitech
    Internet Speed
    Dnload 10.48 Upload .48
    Browser
    IE 11 and Chrome when IE doesn't work
    Antivirus
    F-PROT
I have that very same printer, under the very same circumstances. My wife's Windows 7 laptop has it. My regular laptop has Windows 8.1 64BBit I often reinstall from scratch. I have marked my wife's printer as shared. All I need to do is enter the devices and printers window, and "Add a printer". The lan finds the printer (and one other my wife uses) and automatically goes on the web and finds the correct drivers. It then offers to print a test page - done.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Other Info
    Use several different computers during a day, so specs are irrelevant.
Oh, and Chev65 is correct. Disconnect the printer in question, connect it to the Windows 8 computer, install the drivers and make a successful print from the windows 8 computer. Once that is done, connect the printer back to the XP computer or wherever you have it installed, and then share the printer.

From the Windows 8 computer, now all you have to do is to add a new port pointing to the shared name of the printer on the xp computer. It would look something like this:

\\xpcomputername\printersharedname

Then your Windows 8 computer will print to it all day long...provided of course the Windows XP computer is up and running. Hope this helps.

Thanks, I will try it!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win8
I have that very same printer, under the very same circumstances. My wife's Windows 7 laptop has it. My regular laptop has Windows 8.1 64BBit I often reinstall from scratch. I have marked my wife's printer as shared. All I need to do is enter the devices and printers window, and "Add a printer". The lan finds the printer (and one other my wife uses) and automatically goes on the web and finds the correct drivers. It then offers to print a test page - done.

You're lucky then, I'm not :)
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win8
Hallelujah! It finally works!

And this is what I did and what I should have done:

When I first installed the printer, I let Windows select the driver, WHICH WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO (I guess Windows uses some native driver embedded in Win8 installation kit).

However, in the installation process I didn't tell Windows to create a local port for the printer, WHICH WAS MY FIRST MISTAKE.

Then, when I couldn't print, I downloaded and installed a Win8 driver from HP site, which completely RUINED the driver (MY SECOND MISTAKE).

Only later I got the tip to specify a local port for the printer, which was a good advice, but since the driver was defective, I still couldn't print.

Finally, I reached the understanding that I need first to completely remove the defective driver. So I used the same HP printer installation program (from HP site) to totally REMOVE all HP components from my computer, then re-installed the printer, this time specifying a local port, let Windows select the driver, and voila - everything's OK.

To sum up, the actual steps were as follows:

Add Printer: Windows 'searches for available printers' and finds the networked printer. Ignore this misleading attempt, and click the big letters below "The printer that I want isn't listed".

Add a local printer.

Create a new port - select 'Local Port'.

Enter port name, something like: \\PCnetworkname\printername.

Select printer driver - I used the suggested HP driver, otherwise click 'Have Disk...', navigate to
your downloaded driver and select the .INF file.

More detailed instructions:
Windows 8: Cannot Connect to Printer - Brian Hitney - Site Home - MSDN Blogs

windows 8 print to networked 5150 - HP Support Forum - 3090437
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win8
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