Network printer? Not the right-click variety that works when it feels like it and some day soon will just stop and have to be recreated?
Add a printer - local one. Untick the auto-detect thingy. Local port - \\servername\printershare or \\serverip\printershare if static IP. Install driver. Away you go.
Dicky spooler...
Start... Run... net stop spooler
c:\winnt\system32\spool\PRINTERS
OR
c:\windows\system32\spool\PRINTERS
Delete the contents, which usually are listed as "Shockwave" files
Start... Run... net start spooler
If it doesn't stop or start, try...
Right-click "My Computer"... Manage... Services and Applications... Services... Printer Spooler - check the status and stop/start there