sharing printer winxp issues

I'm trying to share my printer on my WinV machine (it's a brother HL-1440 laserjet) with my WinXP machine in the other room. Now, I can SEE the printer just fine on the other machine, but when I try to connect it says that it will install drivers for this printer. This printer works fine when I boot to XP on my winV machine, but when I try to let my other machine install the drivers for it it says it can't find the drivers. Is this looking on the WinV machine for the drivers or locally? Either way, I can't see why it can't find the drivers. . .
I never had this issue in WinXP, it works fine on my network that way. Also, Iv'e set to share the printer, set in printer sharing in the control panel to allow sharing of my printer as well. Anyone have any ideas as to why this isn't working? Please?
I hate to have to reboot to WinXP and leave it there everytime I leave just so that people can print when I'm not home.
Thanks in advance!

Anyone help me out here? Same issue still persists and I don't know how to resolve it. . .?
Thanks again!
"Skybase" wrote in message

I'm trying to share my printer on my WinV machine (it's a brother HL-1440 laserjet) with my WinXP machine in the other room. Now, I can SEE the printer just fine on the other machine, but when I try to connect it says that it will install drivers for this printer. This printer works fine when I boot to XP on my winV machine, but when I try to let my other machine install the drivers for it it says it can't find the drivers. Is this looking on the WinV machine for the drivers or locally? Either way, I can't see why it can't find the drivers. . .
I never had this issue in WinXP, it works fine on my network that way. Also, Iv'e set to share the printer, set in printer sharing in the control panel to allow sharing of my printer as well. Anyone have any ideas as to why this isn't working? Please?
I hate to have to reboot to WinXP and leave it there everytime I leave just so that people can print when I'm not home.
Thanks in advance!

It's looking to to install the drivers on yur XP box. Just use the "add printer" function, browse to the Vista box printer and install the drivers (you may need your printer driver disk or download the XP drivers from Brother).
"Skybase" wrote in message

I'm trying to share my printer on my WinV machine (it's a brother HL-1440 laserjet) with my WinXP machine in the other room. Now, I can SEE the printer just fine on the other machine, but when I try to connect it says that it will install drivers for this printer. This printer works fine when I boot to XP on my winV machine, but when I try to let my other machine install the drivers for it it says it can't find the drivers. Is this looking on the WinV machine for the drivers or locally? Either way, I can't see why it can't find the drivers. . .
I never had this issue in WinXP, it works fine on my network that way. Also, Iv'e set to share the printer, set in printer sharing in the control panel to allow sharing of my printer as well. Anyone have any ideas as to why this isn't working? Please?
I hate to have to reboot to WinXP and leave it there everytime I leave just so that people can print when I'm not home.
Thanks in advance!

Okay, I have tried this but the Other machine running XP tells me that this is not a suitable driver. It IS the WinXP driver. .same that I used on my other machine when I had XP installed. It just seems as though something in sharing isn't set up properly yet. Anything else I may be missing? Anyone else have this issue in sharing a printer with a computer running WinXP?
"Rusty H" wrote in message

It's looking to to install the drivers on yur XP box. Just use the "add printer" function, browse to the Vista box printer and install the drivers (you may need your printer driver disk or download the XP drivers from Brother).
"Skybase" wrote in message I'm trying to share my printer on my WinV machine (it's a brother HL-1440 laserjet) with my WinXP machine in the other room. Now, I can SEE the printer just fine on the other machine, but when I try to connect it says that it will install drivers for this printer. This printer works fine when I boot to XP on my winV machine, but when I try to let my other machine install the drivers for it it says it can't find the drivers. Is this looking on the WinV machine for the drivers or locally? Either way, I can't see why it can't find the drivers. . .
I never had this issue in WinXP, it works fine on my network that way. Also, Iv'e set to share the printer, set in printer sharing in the control panel to allow sharing of my printer as well. Anyone have any ideas as to why this isn't working? Please?
I hate to have to reboot to WinXP and leave it there everytime I leave just so that people can print when I'm not home.
Thanks in advance!

I am having the same problem with my Brother MFC-210c. I can see the printer on my network but the winxp machine even with the latest winxp drivers from brother says that they are not suitable. very odd
"Skybase" wrote:

Okay, I have tried this but the Other machine running XP tells me that this is not a suitable driver. It IS the WinXP driver. .same that I used on my other machine when I had XP installed. It just seems as though something in sharing isn't set up properly yet. Anything else I may be missing? Anyone else have this issue in sharing a printer with a computer running WinXP?
"Rusty H" wrote in message It's looking to to install the drivers on yur XP box. Just use the "add printer" function, browse to the Vista box printer and install the drivers (you may need your printer driver disk or download the XP drivers from Brother).
"Skybase" wrote in message I'm trying to share my printer on my WinV machine (it's a brother HL-1440 laserjet) with my WinXP machine in the other room. Now, I can SEE the printer just fine on the other machine, but when I try to connect it says that it will install drivers for this printer. This printer works fine when I boot to XP on my winV machine, but when I try to let my other machine install the drivers for it it says it can't find the drivers. Is this looking on the WinV machine for the drivers or locally? Either way, I can't see why it can't find the drivers. . .
I never had this issue in WinXP, it works fine on my network that way. Also, Iv'e set to share the printer, set in printer sharing in the control panel to allow sharing of my printer as well. Anyone have any ideas as to why this isn't working? Please?
I hate to have to reboot to WinXP and leave it there everytime I leave just so that people can print when I'm not home.
Thanks in advance!

Glad that at least I'm not alone, but. . anyone happen to know how to get around this?? It's the only reason I'm not solely running WinVista on this machine.
Thanks again!~
"Rusty" wrote in message

I am having the same problem with my Brother MFC-210c. I can see the printer on my network but the winxp machine even with the latest winxp drivers from brother says that they are not suitable. very odd
"Skybase" wrote:
Okay, I have tried this but the Other machine running XP tells me that this is not a suitable driver. It IS the WinXP driver. .same that I used on my other machine when I had XP installed. It just seems as though something in sharing isn't set up properly yet. Anything else I may be missing? Anyone else have this issue in sharing a printer with a computer running WinXP?
"Rusty H" wrote in message It's looking to to install the drivers on yur XP box. Just use the "add printer" function, browse to the Vista box printer and install the drivers (you may need your printer driver disk or download the XP drivers from Brother).
"Skybase" wrote in message I'm trying to share my printer on my WinV machine (it's a brother HL-1440 laserjet) with my WinXP machine in the other room. Now, I can SEE the printer just fine on the other machine, but when I try to connect it says that it will install drivers for this printer. This printer works fine when I boot to XP on my winV machine, but when I try to let my other machine install the drivers for it it says it can't find the drivers. Is this looking on the WinV machine for the drivers or locally? Either way, I can't see why it can't find the drivers. . .
I never had this issue in WinXP, it works fine on my network that way. Also, Iv'e set to share the printer, set in printer sharing in the control panel to allow sharing of my printer as well. Anyone have any ideas as to why this isn't working? Please?
I hate to have to reboot to WinXP and leave it there everytime I leave just so that people can print when I'm not home.
Thanks in advance!