>>What version of Win95? There are some known problems with shared printing, which can be fixed by patches available from Microsoft. Try Windows Update for All Platforms
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>Thanks, I will!!!
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>>An ECP port is a parallel port with hardware that allows for better performance and printer control...
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>Is ECP compatible with a network? Maybe we should try a more common port connection to see if it starts working from the remote computer.

There's nothing that would make it incompatible; there are a number of printers, notably, some of the Brother laser printers, that get extrememly confused by ECP; preferring an EPP configuration instead.

EPP or standard AT bidirectional ports don't use the DMA chnnel, and are better understood by older drivers. In addition, they can function by polling (repeatedly querying the I/O port rather than relying on interrupt-driven I/O; it imposes a heavier load on the CPU, but it works. With a port type other than ECP, Win9x will fall back to using polled I/O.

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>>Do the print jobs make it to the spooler? (you can see jobs spooled and waiting by opening the printer from the Printers dialog.) It may be that the queue is set as held.
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>I can see it in the spooler window of the sending computer, but the corresponding spooler on the other end never shows anything.

There's a problem with the remote printer protocol; I'd update and then reinstall File and Printer Sharing if the problem isn't cured by the upgrade alone.

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>>You might also have a problem with a printer cable, especailly if it's an older cable that might not have all 25 printer port signals carried properly. A new, IEEE compliant printer cable might help in this case.
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>Good point!!! I didn't mention that we can put the 820C where the 890C was and it prints OK. But, then it's on a different printer cable (the 890C's cable). I'll try swapping cables as well. We'll also take a look at the cable using the ECP port.
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>Thanks a bunch for the suggestions!
>Allen

Good luck!