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NeverForgotten · Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 4:24 pm Post subject: Sharing Printers?

I have windows 7 on one computer
and windows xp SP3 on the other

whenever i try to add a wireless printer, it says windows can't find the suitable drivers for this printer, please contact...

Its brother hp Laserjet 3030

I turned on sharing for both computers, and enabled the printers for sharing also

Also tried to install the drivers manually but didn't work

kls85 · Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 11:25 am Post subject:

There are a few ways of sharing printers and it depends on its capabilities.

Option #1: Directly connect the printer to one of your computers and then shared it. The downside to this is, if your going to print from another computer, the computer the printer is directly connected to, must be on.

Option #2: Get a router with print server function. This lets you connect your printer directly to the router, configure it like giving a IP/network address, and then install the printer driver on both computers.
Your router's print server will handle the printing.

Option #3: Certain new printers have wireless. You just connect to your router like any regular wireless device and it's all set.
Then install printer software to your computers.

HP LaserJet 3030 Driver page

NeverForgotten · Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 3:56 pm Post subject:

The printer supports wireless, I already tried installing the drivers
and adding the printer but it says drivers are not suitable..
and it just exits

NeverForgotten · Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 1:00 pm Post subject:

I still get the same error, even when I've installed the 32bit drivers for XP on the windows 7 computer

kls85 · Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 3:57 pm Post subject:

The driver will only work for the OS it was written with.

Click the link on in one of the post, and download the appropriate drivers to your OS.

NeverForgotten · Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 4:55 pm Post subject:

I've tried that
and downloaded the drivers for windows xp and windows 7
but I still get the same error

kls85 · Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 10:01 pm Post subject:

Try system restore before you installed the printer or check on their site to see if there is a cleaning tool.

AhMunRa · Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 11:52 am Post subject:

Assuming this printer has it's own IP, instead of using HP's tools which are crap, install only the hardware drivers.

Control Panel, Add Printers, Create Port, Standard TCP/IP (NOT HP TCP/IP), point to the printers IP both computers should see and install it. If a suitable driver can't be found try using the HP Laserjet 6P drivers, these are old school and work with 85% of HP printers.

NeverForgotten · Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 9:04 pm Post subject:

AhMunRa · Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2010 10:04 am Post subject:

If it's wireless you should be able to connect via a startup tool. Or on some models the network is configured to DHCP, so your router should set it's IP. I suggest changing the DHCP setting and setting it's IP manually to a static one. This will eliminate losing the printer on power failure and it getting assigned another IP. Look in the configuration of the printer. You should be able to print one from the LCD interface using the menu buttons. Laserjet 6P drivers are old school they are included with Windows XP on up. You should be able to see those when you select that it's an HP printer, just scroll in the right hand printer window till you find the LaserJet 6P driver set.

SpikeSkull · Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 1:13 pm Post subject:

Get this hotfix for XP SP3, WindowsXP-KB922120-v6-x86-ENU.exe, then install it.
http://thehotfixshare.net/board/index.php?autocom=downloads&showfile=7891

AhMunRa · Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 3:04 pm Post subject:

How is a Netmap hotfix going to solve this? And I'd be leary of any MS patch that came from a site other than MS.

SpikeSkull · Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 10:35 pm Post subject:

If he can't get it to work with the wireless printer, this should help him get around (not a direct fix though ) using file and printer sharing. And i assume if he hasn't got a genuine copy for the hotfix (since MS requires it for download), else, then why not go directly to MS (and request for it, since the hotfix available is intended only for XP SP2).

NeverForgotten · Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 10:45 pm Post subject:

I will try the hotfix tomorrow and also the old P6 drivers

SpikeSkull · Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 11:15 pm Post subject:

Here, hope this could be of some help.
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-7/share-files-and-printers-between-windows-7-and-xp/