Adam said:
Share a Printer from Win98SE to Windows 7 ...
http://helpdeskgeek.com/windows-7/xp-to-windows-7-printer-sharing/
The instructions work "immediately" after the setup. However,
after a while, the printer shows "offline" on Win7 and
attempting to uncheck "Use Printer Offline" fails.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Found the fix here ...
http://forums.techarena.in/vista-help/777975.htm
Here's the fix (by Paul in Montreal): [Much thanks to Paul in Montreal.]
1. In Control Panel, Printers, delete offline printers. If they wont
delete, it may be because there are pending print jobs in the queue. Open the
printer and Cancel the jobs.
2. In Printer properties, Ports tab, delete the previously installed
printers (offline status) that appear as Client Side Rendering Provider
under the Description column. To do this, highlight the port, then click on
Delete Port button. Click Apply.
3. Restart your PC.
4. Now reinstall the printers as follows:
5. Open Control panel, Printers, and click Add a printer.
6. Click Add a local printer.
7. Select the "Use an existing port" radio button, and select LPT1: (Printer
Port). Click Next.
8. Install the printer driver. Mine were found in the list included with
Vista. Select the manufacturer and the printer. Click Next.
9. In the next window, accept the printer name or type in a new name. Leave
the "Set as default printer" box unchecked. Click Next.
10. Vista should now install the printer. A window should open saying
"You've successfully added printer name.
11. DO NOT Print a test page at this time, because nothing is connected to
the LPT1 port on the laptop. Just press Finish. The printer you just added
should appear in the Printers window.
12. Click ONCE on the newly added printer to highlight it, then right-click
and open Properties.
13. On the Ports tab, click Add Port…, select Local Port, then click New
Port…
14. When the Port Name window open, Enter a port name as follows:
\\computername\printername
(replace computername with the name of your PC acting as print server, and
printername with the name of your printer). Click OK.
15. You should now have a new port listed on the Ports tab of the printer
Properties, but now the Description should be Local Port, instead of Client
Side Rendering Provider. Click OK.
16. Now you can go to the General tab, and Print a Test Page.
Hopefully, your test page will print. Then restart your computer to check
that the printer comes back online.
This procedure worked for me. Hope it works for you too. Let me now. Good
luck!
PS: bi-directional printer support is enabled.
