Re: How to share network printer w xp box?

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Author: Michael Havens
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Subject: Re: How to share network printer w xp box?
or wait..... maybe that gives you the ip of it and you have to put it
somewhere. I don't remember.

:-)~MIKE~(-:


On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 4:30 PM, Michael Havens <> wrote:

> what you do is open a terminal and type:
>
>      ip addr

>
> and go to the printer and enter the wlan address gotten from the previous
> command. you don't need the ip of the printer.
>
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 3:45 PM, <> wrote:
>
>> Yes, I'd like to do that, but I don't know how to find
>> the ip address for the printer.
>>
>>
>> ---------
>> > another issue you might have if you are sharing it wirelessly
>> > (this happened with my HP printer) is go into the setup menu
>> > and put in the correct ip address ... :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>> ---------
>> > On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 9:20 AM, Gilbert T. Gutierrez, Jr. <
>> > > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Joe,
>> >> I think that XP has the printer driver for the HP LaserJet 4
>> >> (if not you can download the driver) if you were to hit OK on
>> >> that last dialog box. That last dialog box indicates that the
>> >> printer is found, but just does not have the driver.
>> >>
>> >> HPs Print drivers can be found on their website.
>> >> Below is the link for the LaserJet 4.
>> >>
>> >> http://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/psi/
>> >> swdHome/?cc=us&cc=us&lang=en&lang=en&sp4ts.oid=15026&ac.
>> >> admitted=1397751441450.876444892.199480143
>> >>
>> >> Gilbert
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On 4/17/2014 8:57 AM, wrote:
>> >>> On my old IBM Thinkpad running kubuntu Linux, I have an old HP
>> >>> LaserJet 4 Plus connected via a parallel port with "Share this
>> >>> printer" checked. Please see this screen-shot:
>> >>>
>> >>> http://www.upquick.com/temp/printersuccess1.jpg
>> >>>
>> >>> This works fine as a network printer for my other Linux machines, but
>> >>> I can't get it to work for my wife's laptop running xp.
>> >>>
>> >>> Below are 4 screen-shots of what I see when I try to get my wife's xp
>> >>> to use the HPLaserJet4 on my network.
>> >>>
>> >>> http://www.upquick.com/temp/net2xp0.jpg
>> >>> http://www.upquick.com/temp/net2xp1.jpg
>> >>> http://www.upquick.com/temp/net2xp2.jpg
>> >>> http://www.upquick.com/temp/net2xp3.jpg
>> >>>
>> >>> Some other print driver options for the HP LaserJet 4 Plus are shown
>> >>> at this screen-shot:
>> >>> http://www.upquick.com/temp/printersuccess2.jpg
>> >>>
>> >>> How can I find the ip address of the HP LaserJet 4 printer on my
>> >>> network?
>> >>>
>> >>> Or, what else can I do to get this to work?
>>
>>
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