Hi guys - hope someone can help me.

I have a desktop pc running windows XP - Hannah has a laptop running Vista Home premium which shares a wireless internet connection with mine. (all ok so far)

How can she print documents from her laptop using my printer?

I have clicked on share printer etc. on my pc

I have tried to add my printer (an ancient lexmark X1100) to Hannah's pc, but I don't have the installation disk, nor does her pc list my printer.

I'm sure there is a simple way around this and I would appreciate any help

thx guys

Hi LM!

I was looking for a Lexmark X1100 vista driver but no luck yet. However.. there might be one that comes with Vista.. so this is worth a try -

I'm not totally up to date on Vista but hopefully what I describe to you is similar to how it is on XP..

On Hannah's computer, if you click the button in the corner (where "Start" is on XP) and go to Control Panel, there should be a "Printers" option. In there, there should be an "Add Printer" thing you can click. Do this and chose "Add Network Printer",

You should then get an option to "Browse for a Printer". This should then show a list of computers on your network. If you choose your computer there should be your printer somewhere in there (as I see you mentioned that you already had set to 'shared')

Choose this printer and if it can find the drivers automatically, it should add it as an option on Hannah's computer.

If it doesn't or you have any questions let me know and i'll see if I can explain better!

Hope all is well

Unfortunatly your printer is not Vista compatable sorry

Printers and Scanners

* Dell A920/Lexmark X1100 - No Vista drivers available. Recognised by Vista but will not work with the XP drivers supplied.

Article Here!!!

Edit: maybe this link should have a sticky on it (pinned not sure which term this forum uses ) cause it is a list of hardware that is non capable with Vista

http://www.iexbeta.com/wiki/index.php/Windows_Vista_RTM_Hardware_Compatibility_List

Edited November 18, 200718 yr by Fusion

ah, that explains it - thanks for your help guys - I had a feeling it was a compatibility issue - gives me an idea for xmas though - lol!