I have two laptops in my office within my wireles network. My XP computer has an HP photosmart 7150 series printer hooked to it. I have been trying to print from my other computer which is a VISTA home basic OS. No luck! The printer is ENABLED to share but it wont print if directions come from the VISTA computer. Do I need to install a different driver since I am using 2 different OS's. I have no problem sharing files only the printer is not COOPERATING. If I do need to install an updated printer driver on which computer do I install it?

Peter So, you see HP photosmart 7150 in Control Panel, Printers, right? How did you install it there? By searching for printers on the network or another way?

This might help: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727037.aspxYou ahve to install a driver for vista on your other laptop. (not connected to printer). You will probably have to download from manafucters website.Based on my experience so far with Vista, it will recognize many printers without downloading a driver. I have two Canon printers connected to my desktop PC (Windows XP). Both are RATHER old models, a BJC-2000 and a BJC-3000. When I networked them to my notebook PC (running Vista), it brought up a list which included both printers. In other words, it had drivers for them.

The point of my last post was that he needs to install networked/shared printers on that laptop in a different way than he would if he was connecting the printers directly to it.My Vista computer recognizes the HP photosmart printer. However, when I want to print a document and the window for choosing the appropriate printer comes up it includes the HP printer as a choice, but after it accepts that printer as a choice it says ..........SENDING to printer yet nothing ACTUALLY prints.

PeterWhat is the name of the printer that appears in a print command panel when you try to print something? Does it start with \\, as shown below?: