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Thank you Malke for your feedback.
I have a brand new Medion PC, with Intel V//V processor and a 3M RAM. A
Lexmark X5250 inkjet printer is connected to it using an USB cable (I
downloaded and installed the Vista driver from the manufacturer's website).
Printer on that PC is working well. The problem appears when I want to share
that printer with other computers on my wifi network.
By the way I have exactly the same problem with a portable computer
(Toshiba) running also on Vista and with a laser printer attached to it. I
can not share that printer neither.
That's why I don't think that the problem is coming from the computer since
I get it on two different machines. The common points between both computers
are Vista Premium OS and the same firewall (Bitdefender). Does the problem
come from a Vista or a firewall setup ? I'm not convinced by the firewall
explanation since files sharing is working and I'm not familiar enough with
Vista to know all possible options.
I'm puzzled !

OK, did you share the printer? What does "can not share that printer"
mean? What happens when you try? Remember that we can't see your
computers and don't know what you've done. When you say "file sharing is
working", do you mean you are able to share files between all the
computers on your network?

Take a look at this link to review file/printer sharing in Vista again:

http://www.yqcomputer.com/


Malke
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