Remember once Win7 connect XP share printer

near the end of the year, it is time to write a summary report, there are a variety of reports to print!

Of course, this period of time network management Mulberry's daily work is and the printer bar on the increase in print, the printer June a statement on strike ...

Next is the various printer maintenance, this does not encounter a Win7 cannot connect to the shared printer situation:

Location: Finance Office

Demand analysis: Financial one-pin printer needs to connect two accounts, one Win7 and one XP, and the printer is connected to the XP computer via USB! (shared printer)

Specific operation:

1. Set XP to fixed IP, access the printer directly via IP, and check the "File and Printer Sharing" exception on the firewall

2, the printer is set to share

3, enter the shared IP on the Win7, access the shared printer, display normal, double-click to connect the printer installation driver, the problem is to drive dead or alive installation, a driver error!

4, switch the installation mode, in win manually add the printer, through the IP installation, or a driver on the error!

5, test in WIN10 installation of this printer is not loaded, a driver on the error, suspected driver has a problem, download the drive from the official website, the results are still.

6, did not encounter this phenomenon, it may be I am rare, handy point to open a web search, a netizen said through the LocalPort to install!

7, holding a trial attitude, add a local printer in Win7, then choose to create a new port, drop-down select "LocalPort", in the Pop-up dialog box, enter the IP address and share name of the shared printer, install the driver, all operation one go. Print test page, OK no problem

End ....

It's a bunch of crap, it's a simple printer sharing, and it's using the LocalPort port to add a printer, and here's the case of a printer that's connected to an XP share.

Although the XP machine has been eliminated, but it is not uncommon that the company or the single are still using the XP system, the record here, is to give yourself a little experience to accumulate it! This way the WIN10 test can also be connected to the XP shared printer!

Remember once Win7 connect XP share printer