Invalid parameter error. There's too many reasons for this.
The first thing I would check is weather the vendor has a Vista specific
print driver. If you are connecting to Server 2003 or XP, the print driver
installed on the "server" may not be able to run in Vista.
E:\>winerror 0x00000057
87 ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER <--> 0x40000002
STATUS_WORKING_SET_LIMIT_RANGE
87 ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER <--> 0x80090308 No Symbolic Name
87 ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER <--> 0x80090309 No Symbolic Name
87 ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER <--> 0x8009030d No Symbolic Name
87 ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER <--> 0xc0000003 STATUS_INVALID_INFO_CLASS
87 ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER <--> 0xc000000b STATUS_INVALID_CID
87 ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER <--> 0xc000000d STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER
87 ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER <--> 0xc000001a STATUS_UNABLE_TO_FREE_VM
87 ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER <--> 0xc000001b
STATUS_UNABLE_TO_DELETE_SECTION
87 ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER <--> 0xc0000030 STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER_MIX
87 ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER <--> 0xc0000045
STATUS_INVALID_PAGE_PROTECTION
87 ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER <--> 0xc0000048 STATUS_PORT_ALREADY_SET
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Alan Morris
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"anco" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> I am trying to connect to a network printer and there is an error
> message that comes up, it goes, "Winows cannot conect to the printer.
> Operation could not be completed (error 0x00000057) Can someone please
> help me out with this. I have been working on this connection for two
> days now, but there is no progress
>
>
> --
> anco