The XP machine doesn't need the 98SE drivers on it. The XP machine is
acting as a print server. The only thing the XP machine needs are it's own
drivers and enough hard drive space to store print jobs in a print queue.
Install the drivers on the 98SE machine then click Add Printer and choose
Network Printer. Follow the directions of the Add Printer Wizard. If the
SE machine can't find the XP machine you've probably got some other problem
such as a firewall, incorrect workgroup, your bypassing 98SE network logon
etc.
If it were me, I'd slap an inexpensive print server on the printer and
bypass the XP machine altogether, because every time you need to print from
the SE machine the XP machine has to be turned on. You can get a dozen
different print servers from a dozen different manufacturers for under
$60.00.
"Jon_Hildrum" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Q2 - yes, they should work fine. When installing the printer drivers for
> win98 it will install on the win98 machine
>
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> Jon Hildrum
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> "jaygreg" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> > Given: Lexmark Z55 connected to WindowsXP Pro. LAN connects another
> > machine
> > running WIN98SE. Driver for WIN98SE was downloaded to the XP. Need
> > guidance
> > setting up the printer via network for the 98SE.
> >
> >
> > While attempting to setup the printer from the 98SE using the printer
> > setup
> > wizard, I directed the wizard to find the driver on the XP through the
> > network. However, the Add Printer wizard took me to Install From Disc |
> > Open
> > | (I selected "Network" instead of Disc). That took me to a window
labeled
> > "MAP Network Drive". I accepted the default "F" and explored the options
> > for
> > "PATH". The closest I could come was \\OFFICE\My Files. The drivers are
> > located at \\OFFICE \My Files\Downloads to Scan\Lexmark\Z55 For
> > WIN98SE\Unzipped CJ9X55LE.exe for WIN98SE\English. which has 32 files in
> > it
> > including one named "setup". Apparently, I unzipped this file but I
think
> > that's were I stopped.
> >
> > As an alternative, I used the Network Setup wizard on the XP, found the
> > driver, and all seemed well, though I couldn't see the printer in the
list
> > of shared network files, folders, and printers.
> >
> > I then went back to the 98SE and DID find the printer listed in the my
> > Network Neighborhood. But when I looked in my Printers folder, it wasn't
> > listed. So I clicked the Add Printer button and tried browsing the
folders
> > described in the second paragraph. I didn't get far.
> >
> > Q1) I don't know how to get to that folder on the XP. How do I get there
> > or.
> > if I'm not supposed to be there. where do I go?
> >
> > Q2) As an alternative, I've got the unzipped driver setting in a folder
on
> > the 98SE. If I unzipped it and ran the printer setup wizard again from
the
> > 98SE, I'm sure I can point the wizard to the driver folder on the 98SE.
> > But.will the printer on the XP work if the driver is on the 98SE?
> >
> >
>
>
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