I've just been lumbered with the position of Treasurer for a local community group and all the accounts etc., are on an old Sony laptop running XP.
Somehow it felt like an old friend when I started using it but it's so long since I used XP I've forgotten more that I knew
How can I get the Same CanonMG5200 to print from the laptop - can it be done from XP?
I dabbled with a few settings, tried a few options, it found the computer, and Homegroup funnily enough but not the printer. It offered to send stuff via a keydrive but I thought everything needed would be on the 8.1 desktop already?
In order for the computer to communicate with a printer, it needs a driver for that printer.
So, if you're using a computer that's running Windows XP, and you want it to be able to print on a Canon MG5200 printer, you need to download and install Canon's MG5200 printer driver for Windows XP.
And if you're using a computer that's running Windows 7, and you want it to be able to print on a Canon MG5200 printer, you need to download install Canon's MG5200 printer driver for Windows 7.
And if you're using a computer that's running Windows 8, and you want it to be able to print on a Canon MG5200 printer, you need to download and install Canon's MG5200 printer driver for Windows 8.
And if you're using a computer that's running Linux, and you want it to be able to print on a Canon MG5200 printer, you need to download and install Canon's MG5200 printer driver for Linux.
I get the idea, but suspect it won't be that simple. The other thread I closed (as it printed last night on the 8.1 laptop) is now giving an access denied message... but thats another thread
As you can see the printer has signed on (I decided to instal your new driver on that new laptop too) but it gets that message at the end of installation?
Maybe I should leave this thread until the other is sorted as if it's a network issue the XP is never going to work either?
Can't you connect from the XP laptop to the printer directly over the network?
That's what I'm trying to do but both the 8.1 and now the XP laptops are stuggling - or at least I am - to connect to the network.
If you look at the other thread you'll see what I mean.
Did you run the wireless setup or not? In that other thread, I think you had it connected via USB to the desktop, so it doesn't sound like you configured the printer for your wireless network.
just add a TCPIP port pointing to the IP of the printer - tried that on the XP and it printed a page. Switched off the computer and now it's just like the 8.1 - it shows the printer but won't connect/print to it
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Originally Posted by Midknyte
