Printing from Vista To Shared Printer (on XP)

Jeff_B · #1 09-10-2007, 10:55 PM

Currently have an xp desktop with a shared printer that I have been using to print from my laptop for a while.

I just added a new laptop that has Windows Vista preinstalled.

Is there anything I need to do to print from this Vista laptop to the XP machine?

I have tried/researched this before when Vista was brand new and from what I remember vista altered the TCP/IP stack not sure how to fix this though..

Jeff_B · #2 09-12-2007, 02:11 AM

anyone been able to share a print between xp and vista?

danieldddj · #3 09-26-2007, 06:02 PM

install the drivers for vista on the laptop

ra]\\[dom · #4 09-26-2007, 07:37 PM

No problems here with printing from Vista. Printer is, like in your case, shared on XP machine.

If I remember correctly, all I did was use the Add a printer in Control Panel>Printers window. It automatically transfered the drivers from XP machine and that was it.