Is it possible to network a printer windows 2000 or XP?

[Videogamerzed52]

Sepecifically its a Canon MultiPASS C530 Printer. I tried to network it the way I did with my old printer but i keep getting an "unable to communicate" error. What I did is right click the printer click sharing and followed the directions. I installed a network printer on the other computer. I am using Windows 2000. It prints fine localy. Does anyone know how to solve this problem? Thanx for any help.

 

[Servanya]

are you trying to install the software on computers other than the one it is physically connected to? If so, that won't work. Easiest way is this:
Once the printer is shared:
Go to another computer and browse the network. Go to your computer that it is connected to and you should see the printer. Right-click and choose install or double click it. It will install the way it should be.

Or....install the driver manually and point it to \\computer_name\shared_printer_name.

Or, buy an HP officejet, they are much better (I do tech support for them).