Any solutions offered will be appreciated. I'm sure somebody has fixed this problem in this situation but I don't know how.

WXP doesn't let me specify groups or individual users that can print or manage the printer like I can in W2K. All 3 PC's are members of the same workgroup and the PC that has the error, in the Printer Status window, can access file shares on the WXP machine. Attempting to reinstall the printers gives the error 'Windows cannot connect to the printer', and the print queue is showing a status of 'Access Denied' for the pending jobs. Now none of our computers can print over the network, they can only print to local printers. I have also uninstalled my firewall and reconfigured my router. Installed the Windows Updates on our small network today. I have tried re-sharing the printer, upgrading the driver, and all critical and security fixes for both WXP and W2K.

I have searched Technet, Google and Microsoft's general search engine and I have found related articles, indicating that other people have seen this problem but none with a solution that works for my situation. The other is a Laptop that has the error displayed when you view the printer status, but I still can print from the laptop. One of the W2K machines installed the printer driver without the error. We are getting an access denied messages when printing test print from printers that. I have two Windows 2000 Pro machines that I want to be able to print to the shared printer. Print jobs appear and disappear as expected in the print queue. I have a Windows XP Pro Workstation with an Epson Color 880 shared. Note that if you get an access denied message, it means you must be logged on as an administrator to control the print queue.

Printer queue access denied