Home network printing problem from Windows 8 - revisited

gadisam

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In continuation to my previous thread on this subject, I now have another network printer problem in the same system. I chose to open it in a separate thread because the previous one became too long.
I have 3 PCs on my home network

1. Windows XP (SP3) desktop with HP6500 E709a USB printer.
2. Windows 7 (Ultimate SP1 64 bit) desktop with HP 1018 USB printer.
3. Windows 8 (64 bit) 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. Computer 3 (Win8) can print on the HP6500 (which is connected to the XP computer), but cannot print on the 1018 printer connected to the Win7 computer.

I know that on the Win8 laptop I have to define a local port for the network printer, but when I try to do it I get "Access denied" error message. Win7 denies access from Win8. This is strange, because Win7 does allow access to XP. On the WIN7 computer, under printer properties/security, print permission is granted to "Everyone".

So what could be the reason for the "Access denied" error? I guess it has to do with security / users / permissions, but I cannot find a solution.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win8
What I would do first is:

From the Windows 8 computer, right click the Windows Start icon (assuming here that you have Windows 8.1 and the latest update) and then click run, and type the following: \\windows7computername and then press enter.

What this will do is to show you everything that is shared on the Windows 7 computer. If you see the printer that is shared on the Windows 7 computer, then double click the printer and it should install on the windows 8 computer. If it prompts you for a login name and password, then you have a sharing issue of some sort.

Let us know...
 

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
Thanks, but it's not as simple as you think.

I see the printer from the Win8 computer, but can't print on it, and this is because of permission problem in the Win7 computer.

However, I already solved the problem, by granting the appropriate Guest permissions in the Win7 computer.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win8
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