Same problem I have.. I have an XP machine and HP officejet printer
connected to this machine.. I have it shared.. and I have a Vista
Ultimate Laptop that I can't print to my shared printer.. I can see the
shared folder and see the printer but when I connect to it and print ;
it job shows up and it goes away from NO errors or anything and printer
didnt print..

The printer model is Officejet G55xi (Printer, Scanner, copier, & Fax)
and it is connected to a XP HOME edition Desktop via USB cable. The
printer is shared thru the XP Desktop using (File and print sharing)
Both machines on the same Workgroup (XP & Vista)However when I am on the
laptop (Vista ultimate) connected wirelessly I can see the printer ; I
can see the "C" drive on my xp machine.. but when I try to print to the
printer.. the print JOB appear in my Vista laptop (Queue) for couple of
seconds ... and it disappear no error comes on the screen no messages..
nothing.. so I wait ; and wait and nothing comes out of the printer...?
No error on the XP machine or anything.. happens on the screen.. I am
logged on as an Admin on the Vista machine and the XP desktop is my Wife
logged in as an Admin account.

Well... on the Vista machine I connected to the printer; I see it and it
install the driver I believe what it has on the XP machine ; I think..
so to answer your question I think it is the XP ; because I didnt go to
the Vista machine and did the ADD printer and point to it.. and select
the driver from VISTA; is that make sense..
but I will try this tonite.. and let you know what's the deal on the XP
machine after I turn on the informational event.
I will keep you posted..
I really appreciate all the help I can get ..

By the way, how would you enable the print informational event..
I am looking at my machine and there is no Server properties..you said

printer folder
file/server properties???? / advanced..
I dont see it

Try this..
Hi this is a response I found on VNUNET.Com from a Robert Clayton which
worked for my situation which is similar to yours. I tried to access a
printer on my XP Home machine in another room via a wLAN, from my Vista
desktop. Constantly had a "cannot access printer" message until I followed
the instructions from Bob Clayton. Seems Vista will only access a 'local
printer' not a network one. From memory I needed to download the latest Vista
compatible driver for the printer attached to the XP machine, onto my Vista
machine before I took the steps below.

"Posted: 05-Aug-2007 19:09 Reply

Been trying to connect my wifes new Vista laptop (yuk) to print out to my
networked XP desktop's printers. I could see the files and printers on the XP
machine from the laptop. Tried all the usual , firewalls,file and printer
sharing turned on. Would not connect !

Apparently this is a problem that hasn't been solved.

This "workaround" solved it for me.

.

1.) Verify that File and print sharing is turned on and properly configured

on the XP machine.

2.) Locate and notate the Win XP computer name (i.e. "Desktop") (Found in

System Properties in the Computer Name tab)

3.) Locate and notate the printer share name on the XP computer (i.e.

"Printer") (Found under the Sharing tab on the Printer Properties page)

4.) On the Vista machine launch the "Add a Printer" wizard

5.) Choose "Add a local printer"

6.) Select "Create a new port" radio button and choose "Local Port" from the

drop down menu

7.) Press Next

8.) In the "Enter Port Name:" box enter the following: \\Desktop\Printer

where "Desktop" = the computer name from step 2 and "Printer" = the printer

share name from step 3.

9.) Select the Printer driver from the list provided or use the "Have Disk"

button to install the correct Vista driver if it is not in the built-in list.

It is critical that the driver you use is Vista compatible.

10.) Press next

11.) Give the printer a distinct name and choose whether to set as the

default.

12.) Press Next

13.) Print a test page to verify functionality.

14.) Press Finish

.

Hope this helps someone else.

.

Bob "

Let us all know if it works??!!

I did and I checked the Event viewer and I got an error 6161 on the
Vista machine .. in the event log.. the job show up in the Queue but
nothing printer.. ; I got the error
The document <document> owned by <username> failed to print on printer
<printer>. Data type: NT EMF 1.008. Size of the spool file in bytes: 0.
Number of bytes printed: 0. Total number of pages in the document: 0.
Number of pages printed: 0. Client machine: <computername>. Win32 error
code returned by the print processor: <error code>.