Printer Sharing - Printing issues.

[Gamer_T]

Hi guys.

I am using a fairly old Brother HL-1230 Laser Printer on my XP PC. It works fine on this PC and it will print documents from Word 2010 without issues.

However, when I try to print documents off my Windows 7 PC from Microsoft Word, when it prints out, all of the text will be in question marks.

If I print from Wordpad or Notepad on the Windows 7 PC, it'll be fine and will print perfect. It seems that Microsoft Word is the issue?

Could it be a driver problem, as when I searched for the printer from the Windows 7 PC, it auto installed the driver, and it'll be an XP driver it installed as it was on an XP computer.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Cheers

 

[Gamer_T]

What version of Word is it? If it is a new on it might not like .docx format. Try saying it as an older version of .doc?

- Pea0n

2010.

Windows 7 PC has 2010 and the Windows XP PC has 2010 so their shouldn't really be a compatability issue?

As I say if I print from the XP PC it's fine.

 

[Gamer_T]

Sorry skipped that part of the OP. Have you tried it though or just assuming it won't work? I've seen these things do odd stuff

- Pea0n

I tried that mate and it's still the same issue. I've found it it also does it when I'm trying to print out e-mails, so it's not just MS Word.

Maybe it's just because the printer doesn't support Windows 7?

Cheers

 

[Gamer_T]

Is there a vista driver you could install on the 7 PC?

There is, but how would I install it? They don't download as EXE's, they download as system files.

I know how to usually install these, but the shared printer doesn't show up on device manager so I can't search for drivers for it.

Cheers