Windows 2000 and printer sharing

[Nemeth27]

I have Windows2k professional. I am networked to a computer with windows 98. When I go to share the printer(on win2k computer) I get a list asking what other operating systems are being used. I select win98 and then I goes to install the drivers. But the I get a message asking for Windows 2000 server CD. Don't understand why it would ask for server when I am running professional. So instead I put in the professional and I can never sent up the printer to share with Win98. Any help would be great!

Matt

 

[Ladi]

Try sharing the printer from the 98 machine, then installing the printer *locally* on the 2K machine, but having it print to a custom tcp/ip port: \\<win98computername>\<printername>

~Ladi

 

[paulip88]

When you share a printer, you do not need to tell it what OSes will be using it. That is purely optional.

If you do tell it that you are sharing to Win98 machines what it will do is copy win98 drivers so that any Win98 machine can copy the drivers needed.

However, you can just install the network printer on Win98 and get the drivers from the Win98 CD. This is what you want to do.

 

[Nemeth27]

thanks!!!