Network printer problem Win98-XP

My HP 845c deskjet (usb) is connected to one PC running Win98. We are
wirelessly connected to a new PC upstairs, running XP. My network can see
each other. Both computers can go online (cable). The incoming cable goes to
a hub, which goes to our wireless unit, then to our Win98 pc. XP pc connects
to hub.

Here's the problem. We can print to HP from upstairs XP pc, but can't print
from pc (win98) that printer connected to. I've spent alot of time going up
and downstairs, checking computer, network names, etc. Kids don't want 98
erased cuz they say some games won't work on XP, that will on 98. Can't
relocate present printer upstairs to connect to XP pc.

I know there has to be a solution. Can't wait to hear it. Have been told not
a great way to setup network, but that's the way it is. Help!

I made a mistake in my description of the layout. The incoming cable
connects downstairs to our cable modem, which is then connected to our
wireless usb adapter. This hub is connected by usb connector to our win98
pc/w/usb printer, and the new upstairs pc/xp is also connected wirelessly to
this hub.
Reading previous posts, I've made sure both pc's are using TCP/IP, that
NetBios over TCP/IP is enabled, that the xp firewall is disabled, that the
workgroup names are the same, and that the printer has the same shared as
name. Any help?

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> My HP 845c deskjet (usb) is connected to one PC running Win98. We are
> wirelessly connected to a new PC upstairs, running XP. My network can see
> each other. Both computers can go online (cable). The incoming cable goes
to
> a hub, which goes to our wireless unit, then to our Win98 pc. XP pc
connects
> to hub.
>
> Here's the problem. We can print to HP from upstairs XP pc, but can't
print
> from pc (win98) that printer connected to. I've spent alot of time going
up
> and downstairs, checking computer, network names, etc. Kids don't want 98
> erased cuz they say some games won't work on XP, that will on 98. Can't
> relocate present printer upstairs to connect to XP pc.
>
> I know there has to be a solution. Can't wait to hear it. Have been told
not
> a great way to setup network, but that's the way it is. Help!
>
>

Finally got printer working from either machine. The answers were in this
newsgroup. Especially in the replies by Steve Winograd. I had tried just
about all the suggestions, and then on his website found one last note about
eliminating all protocols but one (I used TCP/IP), and binding it, by itself
to file printing and sharing. It seems I knocked out the few extra protocols
in win98. In any event, and as always, the answers are out here. Thanks.

"Al Botteon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I made a mistake in my description of the layout. The incoming cable
> connects downstairs to our cable modem, which is then connected to our
> wireless usb adapter. This hub is connected by usb connector to our win98
> pc/w/usb printer, and the new upstairs pc/xp is also connected wirelessly
to
> this hub.
> Reading previous posts, I've made sure both pc's are using TCP/IP, that
> NetBios over TCP/IP is enabled, that the xp firewall is disabled, that the
> workgroup names are the same, and that the printer has the same shared as
> name. Any help?
>
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > My HP 845c deskjet (usb) is connected to one PC running Win98. We are
> > wirelessly connected to a new PC upstairs, running XP. My network can
see
> > each other. Both computers can go online (cable). The incoming cable
goes
> to
> > a hub, which goes to our wireless unit, then to our Win98 pc. XP pc
> connects
> > to hub.
> >
> > Here's the problem. We can print to HP from upstairs XP pc, but can't
> print
> > from pc (win98) that printer connected to. I've spent alot of time going
> up
> > and downstairs, checking computer, network names, etc. Kids don't want
98
> > erased cuz they say some games won't work on XP, that will on 98. Can't
> > relocate present printer upstairs to connect to XP pc.
> >
> > I know there has to be a solution. Can't wait to hear it. Have been told
> not
> > a great way to setup network, but that's the way it is. Help!
> >
> >
>
>