Printer On Network Problem

[Bouncy]

This problem has been driving me crazy and i would love a solution, A charty i help out with has 10 PC's networked and 1 of them has a Printer attached via LPT port and works fine, ALL PC's are administrators and i ran the Network Setup Wizard on Every machine which goes ok and windows asks me to restart the machines so i do. i then goto Printers and Other Hardware and Select ADD Printer, i then put the dot into a network printer, or printer attached to another computer and let it Browse for a Printer, It finds the Printer attached to one of the PC's which is Great and prints fine but everytime the PC's are turned off and then restarted the printer is lost and i have to do the add printer procedure again? this has happened me on several networks before too so i feel it's something i'm doing wrong?

Many Thanks in Advance

 

[Deleted member 58846]

This problem has been driving me crazy and i would love a solution, A charty i help out with has 10 PC's networked and 1 of them has a Printer attached via LPT port and works fine, ALL PC's are administrators and i ran the Network Setup Wizard on Every machine which goes ok and windows asks me to restart the machines so i do. i then goto Printers and Other Hardware and Select ADD Printer, i then put the dot into a network printer, or printer attached to another computer and let it Browse for a Printer, It finds the Printer attached to one of the PC's which is Great and prints fine but everytime the PC's are turned off and then restarted the printer is lost and i have to do the add printer procedure again? this has happened me on several networks before too so i feel it's something i'm doing wrong?

Many Thanks in Advance

Wierd, never seen this happen before. Your not running active directory are you? or just a workgroup?

Has the print server that has the printer attatched got a static IP? Not that it would make a difference if the printer is disappearing seems like a software fault but not on 10 workstations.

 

[Bouncy]

none of the PC's have static IP's so i think i'll try that and see if that cures it otherwise i'm confused obviously the PC with the printer attached prints every time because its attached directly

 

[Deleted member 58846]

none of the PC's have static IP's so i think i'll try that and see if that cures it otherwise i'm confused obviously the PC with the printer attached prints every time because its attached directly

put a static ip only on the print server and connect to the printer like

\\[ip adress]\[printer share name]

 

[Bouncy]

Having real problems now i've decided to put in all my own details manually for the PC's on the network, for e.g. i set IP address to 192.168.0.16 Subnet Mask to 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway to 192.168.0.1
and Use the following DNS server addresses to 192.168.0.1

i used the exact details that were provided to me when i went into Command Prompt and typed ipconfig/all these were settings that worked when i had my IP & DNS settings detected automatically, but now when i try and ping 192.168.0.1 or go onoto a webpage ALL packets are lost and no webpage can be displayed either nevermind trying to cure my Printer problem

I REALLY need help with this, Many Thanks once again

Just incase you need to know i am using a Netgear Wired VPN/Firewall Router FVS318 with a Netgear DG632 Modem attached.

 

[Bouncy]

here's the latest scenario, i now have the PC with the printer attached with a Static IP, i ran the network setup wizard and selected allow file and printer sharing, finished this procedure through then rebooted my system. Now when i look for the printer via the other PC's i get the network name I.E. MSHOME but no printer listed below ??? so i click back and goto add the printer manually by the command \\192.168.0.16\Printer Name and when i click next i get a username & password box ??? the PC i'm trying to connect to isn't Password protected so this has me confused?