Peter

Would you clarify why you are using a router? Is it that you are using the
Ethernet switch component to network your two computers and the router is
used to share an Internet connection?

If that is the case, the 'routing' side of things has absolutely nothing to
do with sharing the printer. My guess is that you have the printer sharing
set up on Windows 98-SE. On the XP computer you need to install the same
Windows 98 printer driver and not a Windows XP printer driver - because you
are printing to a printer spooling through Windows 98.

Is this how you have it set up and what type of printer are you trying to
share?

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"Peter" wrote in message
...
: Thanks
:
: Well...I've tried everything over the past 3 years.
:
: I have a 98SE connected to a printer and to a router, and an XP connected
to
: the router.
:
: The printing works fine from the 98SE but when I try to print from the XP,
: it either takes ages or it does not print at all and creates a whole load
of
: .tmp files.
:
: The most I gathered is that when I try to print the XP looks for ports 445
: or 139 and it seems to take ages to make up its mind. Sometimes when I
: manage to print, I can only do it again by exiting Word and trying again.
: Mire often than not I spend 10 minutes clearing all the .tmp files before
I
: can print again.
:
: I paste below a message I posted some time ago.
:
: Any help appreciated.
:
: I've had all sorts of probloems printing from an XP on a home network to a
: printer connected to a 98SE.
:
: When it prints it is very slow. More often than not, after printing
: something I have to shut down Word 2002, and reload it before I can print
: again. Also a whole load of .tmp files pile up whenver the printinf
fails.
:
: I found something on the net that might be related. It has to do
: with ports, but I do not know if I should start messing around with my
: network setup, which apart from the printing works fine. Any advice that
: you may give me will be appreciated.
:
:
http://groups.google.pt/groups?hl=pt...ing.google.com
: ...since Win2000 and also in WinXP, when windows networking is bound
: toTCPIP, the system tries a network connection to remote IP port 445,
: andonly if this fails, uses ports 137 to 139. As Win98 and WinME don't
havea
: port 445 open (and would not know how to handle those incoming
: networkpackets to port 445), WinXP keeps trying for some time or number
: ofattempts. (I'd like to know where this is defined, because after
: updatewith SP2, this takes forever.)During these attempts, the printing
: process seems to be frozen. So your problem may very well go away if you
: unbind file and printersharing from TCPIP on the WinXP machine. I would
like
: to know whether
:
: -----
:
: I have noticed, by monitoring my Kerio firewall, that whn I open Word, it
: tries to connect out tp ports 139 and 445, and that it continues to do so
: every now and then while I am using Word even if I am not trying to print.
:
: Any help in trying to understand what is going on is much appreciated.
:
: Peter
:
:
:
: "Amedee Van Gasse" escreveu na mensagem
: ...
: Peter shared this with us in microsoft.public.word.newusers:
:
: I have Word 2002 and many, many printing problems.
:
: I would like to install in the same disk Word 97.
:
: I have a question for you.
: Why do you think your printing problems will be solved by installing
: Word97? I wouldn't bet on it.
: Wouldn't it be simpler to just solve your printing problems?
: Just ask for help here.
:
: What do Ihave to do to make sure one does not overwrite the other?
:
: In another words I want to be able to chose between 97 and 2002 from
: the same desktop.
:
: Is that possible?
:
: Yes that is possible, and it *will* cause more problems than it could
: possibly solve.
:
: Thank you
:
: U R Welcome
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