Printing Woes Continue
Gents,
My printing woes previously described in November continue.
Briefly, I have a fairly 'standard' home network consisting of a main Dell Dimension PC, ethernet to a Netgear Wireless Modem Router with a non-wireless Canon MP520 (multifunction) printer connected to the main PC via USB. The other main users are another Dell Dimension PC upstairs, a Dell Inspiron laptop and a Samsung N110 Netbook all linked in wirelessly via the Netgear Router. All devices run Win Xp Home SP3. Internet provided via AOL Bb (Yes I know!!) Ideally, we require printing from all the devices.
Towards the end of last year I tried to install a Canon Print Server because the Netbook kept being unable to print wirelessly to the Canon MP, but my IT skills were not up to it. However during the process, I uninstalled the printer from all devices, installed the latest drivers from the Canon website and reinstalled on all devices and it seemed to be ok - until now!!
The problem seems to be that when the N110 throws a wobbler, it has somehow appeared to uninstall the printer on the main PC because when I look on the main PC, CP, Printers and faxes, the shared printer has disappeared!!. But if I restart the print spooler under Services, it reappears and allows printing to commence and I may also have to start the print Spooler Service on the Netbook .
There are other devices such as i-Touches which have access to the wireless network and someone did mention before that it was possible that only 5 devices could be attached using Win Xp Home. However, a mate who knows about this stuff has a similar config and has no such trouble.
Can anyone shed light on the dark recesses of the Print Spooler Service and its settings required - or anything else for that matter!!
Cheers all,
mcdhu