Thanks for the reply.

The steps you posted are what I have tried and lead to the error I posted. I
also tried changing the name to Printer to remove the underscore in case that
caused a problem, but no joy.

The router is indeed the print server too. It registers the printer as Ready
and from the XP machine last night I printed off a manual without problems.

I should also note that the failure is almost instantaneous, rather than a
long timeout.

"Alan Morris [MSFT]" wrote:

> I assume the router is also your print server device.
>
> Adding this after the network printer search page, Not on the list, Select
> printer by name
>
>
> enter the URL information in the dialog.
>
> Is the "My Printer" a US Robotics requirement?
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> Alan Morris
> Windows Printing Team
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> "Quitch" <Quitch@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C131D221-863D-4029-9A45-972130853B30@microsoft.com...
> >I have an HP DeskJet 6540 shared via a US Robotics US809108 ADSL router at
> > address http://192.168.1.1:1631/printers/My_Printer. I can connect to the
> > printer, and print successfully from a Windows XP machine, yet when I try
> > to
> > connect to the same address from Windows Vista I am told:
> >
> > "Windows cannot connect to the printer. Make sure that you have typed the
> > name correctly, and that the printer is connected to the network."
> >
> > Adding it as a local printer and then assigning the port
> > http://192.168.1.1:1631/printers/My_Printer doesn't work either, test
> > prints
> > just sit in the queue.
>
>
>