Check this out!!!
I plugged the printer in question (Brother MFC-3420) directly into the Vista
Machine and the device and drivers installed instantly and automatically. I
could immediately print to it directly. So it is not a Printer driver issue.
I then shared the printer (from the Vista machine) back to the XP machine
and immediately could see and it and print to it from the XP machine. I put
everything back the way it was originally and nothing improved. I also tried
Bruce Sanderson's workaround with the "adding a port" per the Shaw
website...nada. I guess it is a networking permission bug. I would hate to
have to do this everytime I need to print from the laptop. I am considering
buying several bluetooth USB's and creating a network between all of my
devices. Ebay for $5.99 each. Thoughts?

Rob



"Hugh Wyn Griffith" wrote:

> OK
>
> I'm not knowledgeable about networking printing and its problems but
> there is a lot posted here about them.
>
> AMOI What happens if you plug the printr directly into the laptop --
> can you print then?
>
> Personally, especially on a laptop where so many special drivers and
> utilities are used, I would not move to VISTA for as long as possible
> so if you can get the equivalent machine with XP I'd go for it.
>
>