I have a home network that includes an HP desktop and a Lenovo laptop both on Vista 32 bit. My printers a laserjet and canon Pixma Pro 9000 are both connected to the Hp desktop. I print from the laptop wirelessly on either printer through a DSL modem.
My question is, if I buy a new laptop with W7 64 bit installed, am I going to run into compatibility issues since the desktop is still on Vista? I would like to leave the desktop on Vista for various reasons and still be able to print from the new laptop using wireless through the Vista desktop. Thanks for any help....
Worst case is you might need to download a Win 7 driver for the specific printer. If you get an error message when trying to add the network printer, like a driver is not available for your version, etc...... just download the driver from Canon or wherever and install it, then try to add the printer again.
I am already having a printer problem with a Canon Pixma Pro9000. The drivers are avialble from Canon for W7, the MS compatibility site says it's compatible. The printer will print with a USB cable but will not install as a wireless printer. I have of course downloaded the Canon driver. Any ideas?
i have a 10 year old HP4P that works fine as a network printer or directly connected
a wireless setup to an HP 209a that works fine
a epson 3800 that prints outstandingly
i have a 10 year old HP4P that works fine as a network printer or directly connected
a wireless setup to an HP 209a that works fine
a epson 3800 that prints outstandingly
I'll do just that, supposedly Canon has posted the latest drivers for that printer. Thanks for the suggestion.
I'm not sure what you mean here. I'm not using anything old or 3rd party. I am trying to print wirelessly through a new laptop using the correct driver from Canon. I have used the same setup for a couple years, the only thing changed was the laptop. I installed the printer driver from Canon on the new laptop, it prints fine by USB cable. I then try and install it as a wireless network printer. I get an error message from microsoft saying that a printer driver is not available. the printer does show up and is selectable in the installation dialogue though.
If you check the W7 compatibility website, it says the pro9000 is compatible but I don't think MS has an available down-loadable driver on the site for wireless operation even though they say it is compatible. Therefore the error message there is no available driver. It is compatible with a USB cable attached but not as a wireless network printer. Any thoughts? BTW, a Laserjet 1012 is totally incompatible with W7 and that's a fairly new printer.
everything is running through the base computer. Printer sharing is set to on in both computers. No on the vista drivers for the 1012, i tried to install them but W7 wouldn't except the install.
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