I am trying to connect to a network printer from my laptop with Vista
operating system. The printer (Lexmark 5200 series) is conected by USB cable
to my desktop with XP operating system. I keep getting this error message
"Windows cannot connect to the printer. Operation could not be completed
(error 0x0000000d)."
I have set up the network, configures my Firewall (Norton 360) and can file
share and also 'see' the printer. I have downloaded the Vista driver for the
printer and the printer works when using the USB connection. I have reviewed
lots of 'threads' on this issue and tried all the suggestions including
ammending the registry as per Microsoft error messages. Furthermore after I
have tried (unsuccessfully) to 'Add the Printer' I cannot communicate with
the printer when it is connected directly to my laptop. To remedy this I have
to uninstall the printer, run Lexmark cleanuputility and then reinstall the
driver. Can anybody shed some light on this thorny problem?

For troubleshooting, you may want to try clean boot. Please post back with
the result.
Windows general
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with Networking · How to setup DHCP for IP Phone How to sort programs in
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"Silver Fox" wrote in message
...
I am trying to connect to a network printer from my laptop with Vista
operating system. The printer (Lexmark 5200 series) is conected by USB
cable
to my desktop with XP operating system. I keep getting this error message
"Windows cannot connect to the printer. Operation could not be completed
(error 0x0000000d)."
I have set up the network, configures my Firewall (Norton 360) and can
file
share and also 'see' the printer. I have downloaded the Vista driver for
the
printer and the printer works when using the USB connection. I have
reviewed
lots of 'threads' on this issue and tried all the suggestions including
ammending the registry as per Microsoft error messages. Furthermore after
I
have tried (unsuccessfully) to 'Add the Printer' I cannot communicate with
the printer when it is connected directly to my laptop. To remedy this I
have
to uninstall the printer, run Lexmark cleanuputility and then reinstall
the
driver. Can anybody shed some light on this thorny problem?

I used the suggestion below from Alan Morris (installed the Vista driver on
XP machine) and it was successful: -

"If the XP driver on the server is not compatible with Vista, when you make
the connection, some of the XP driver downloads to Vista but fails with
invalid data.

winerror 0x0000000d
13 ERROR_INVALID_DATA -- No NTSTATUS matched


Most likely the best way to print to the device shared from XP is to either
replace the XP driver on XP with the Vista driver (talk to Lexmark first if
they support this configuration), or create a Local printer targeting a
Local Port in the form \\XPmachine\printsharename, then select the Vista
driver for the device.
--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team"

"Robert L. (MS-MVP)" wrote:

For troubleshooting, you may want to try clean boot. Please post back with
the result.
Windows general
How to run Windows OS with a clean boot · How to Run Windows Safe Mode
with Networking · How to setup DHCP for IP Phone How to sort programs in
Start ...
http://www.howtonetworking.com/Windo...owsgeneral.htm


--
Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Silver Fox" wrote in message
...
I am trying to connect to a network printer from my laptop with Vista
operating system. The printer (Lexmark 5200 series) is conected by USB
cable
to my desktop with XP operating system. I keep getting this error message
"Windows cannot connect to the printer. Operation could not be completed
(error 0x0000000d)."
I have set up the network, configures my Firewall (Norton 360) and can
file
share and also 'see' the printer. I have downloaded the Vista driver for
the
printer and the printer works when using the USB connection. I have
reviewed
lots of 'threads' on this issue and tried all the suggestions including
ammending the registry as per Microsoft error messages. Furthermore after
I
have tried (unsuccessfully) to 'Add the Printer' I cannot communicate with
the printer when it is connected directly to my laptop. To remedy this I
have
to uninstall the printer, run Lexmark cleanuputility and then reinstall
the
driver. Can anybody shed some light on this thorny problem?

Thank you for the update.

--
Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Silver Fox" wrote in message
...
I used the suggestion below from Alan Morris (installed the Vista driver on
XP machine) and it was successful: -

"If the XP driver on the server is not compatible with Vista, when you
make
the connection, some of the XP driver downloads to Vista but fails with
invalid data.

winerror 0x0000000d
13 ERROR_INVALID_DATA -- No NTSTATUS matched


Most likely the best way to print to the device shared from XP is to
either
replace the XP driver on XP with the Vista driver (talk to Lexmark first
if
they support this configuration), or create a Local printer targeting a
Local Port in the form \\XPmachine\printsharename, then select the Vista
driver for the device.
--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team"

"Robert L. (MS-MVP)" wrote:

For troubleshooting, you may want to try clean boot. Please post back
with
the result.
Windows general
How to run Windows OS with a clean boot · How to Run Windows Safe
Mode
with Networking · How to setup DHCP for IP Phone How to sort programs in
Start ...
http://www.howtonetworking.com/Windo...owsgeneral.htm


--
Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Silver Fox" wrote in message
...
I am trying to connect to a network printer from my laptop with Vista
operating system. The printer (Lexmark 5200 series) is conected by USB
cable
to my desktop with XP operating system. I keep getting this error
message
"Windows cannot connect to the printer. Operation could not be
completed
(error 0x0000000d)."
I have set up the network, configures my Firewall (Norton 360) and can
file
share and also 'see' the printer. I have downloaded the Vista driver
for
the
printer and the printer works when using the USB connection. I have
reviewed
lots of 'threads' on this issue and tried all the suggestions including
ammending the registry as per Microsoft error messages. Furthermore
after
I
have tried (unsuccessfully) to 'Add the Printer' I cannot communicate
with
the printer when it is connected directly to my laptop. To remedy this
I
have
to uninstall the printer, run Lexmark cleanuputility and then reinstall
the
driver. Can anybody shed some light on this thorny problem?