Millie wrote:
> Hi
>
> I've followed the insturctions to share my printer with other computers on
> my home wireless network. But when I go to my laptop to add the printer, it
> can't find it. It says either the printer name is wrong or the printer is not
> on the network. Can anyone help?
>
> By the way, when I was setting my printer for sharing and I selected 'share
> this printer' I gave it a name. Could this be the source of the problem?

Could be. Printer share names should be 12 characters or less and not
include any of " / \ [ ] : | < > + ; , ? * =
Some MS references suggest that you can use *some* of those special
characters, but better safe than sorry. Further, the the entire
qualified name (including the server name, for example
\\KitchenComputer\Inkjet2) must be fewer than 31 characters.
--
Lem -- MS-MVP - Networking

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

Hi Lem

The name I chose is EPSON880. I doubt the name is causing the problem then.
Do you know what else it might be?
--
Millie


"Lem" wrote:

> Millie wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I've followed the insturctions to share my printer with other computers on
> > my home wireless network. But when I go to my laptop to add the printer, it
> > can't find it. It says either the printer name is wrong or the printer is not
> > on the network. Can anyone help?
> >
> > By the way, when I was setting my printer for sharing and I selected 'share
> > this printer' I gave it a name. Could this be the source of the problem?
>
> Could be. Printer share names should be 12 characters or less and not
> include any of " / \ [ ] : | < > + ; , ? * =
> Some MS references suggest that you can use *some* of those special
> characters, but better safe than sorry. Further, the the entire
> qualified name (including the server name, for example
> \\KitchenComputer\Inkjet2) must be fewer than 31 characters.
> --
> Lem -- MS-MVP - Networking
>
> To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
> http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm
>