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April 14th, 2009 13:00
Dell AIO946 Networking Printer
Can anyone tell me how I can connect this printer to my network? I have a BT Homehub connected to my main pc, and the Dell printer is connected to it by cable. I have a wireless connection to my Inspiron laptop, but cannot print to the AIO. If I send a test print, I receive a message saying Communication Not Available yet the printer shows twice in Control Panel.
Main pc is XP and laptop is Vista.
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April 14th, 2009 14:00
j_mal,
There wese suggestions listed the top post. Did you try...
Network Map in Windows Vista does not display computers that are running Windows XP
Sharing a printer through a wireless network
Rick
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April 15th, 2009 10:00
Rick
My main pc is a Dell Dimension 4600 (XP), the laptop is an Inspiron 1501 (Vista), and the printer (AIO946) is connected to the Dimension by cable.
Does this help?
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j_mal,
Follow the instructions below. When it comes time to install the proper drivers, install them each seperately on each machine, choose network, then on the desktop first, tell it that it's connected to a host computer. If you do not see this option, then select add printer. Make sure the printer is setup for printer sharing. Watch out for firewalls as they can hinder this and you may have to make the exception.
Make sure your computer has the latest Windows Updates, especially .net framework, needed to run many applications and the latest Java.
Disconnect your printer. Download and run this patch to completely remove the printer from your computer.
Restart your computer.
Download the proper drivers.
XP Drivers
Vista 32-bit Drivers
XP & Vista 64-bit Drivers (English Drivers, corrected)
All other drivers
Install the proper drivers. You'll be prompted when to connect your printer(powered on)
As for scanning, if you have the disk that came with the printer, then insert the Printer disk and stop it from running. Go to My Computer and double click on it. Look for the drive with the Dell disk in it. Right click on it, left click explore. Look for the OCR Folder. In the OCR Folder, there is an Abbyy Folder. right click on setup.exe, that's in the Abbyy Folder and left click run as administrator. This will install the OCR program.
Scanning
Scanning using USB connection, open the Dell All-In-One Center, click on scanning and copying and scan from there.
Scanning wirelessly, use the scan buttons on the printer.
Rick