Windows sharing of HP P1102 printer, letter printing problems

Hi
I have a P1102 connected to PC1 via USB, which is working fine. I have PC2 connected to the printer via windows sharing.
When PC2 tries to print a letter (manual feed), a pop-up appears on PC1, and there is no way for PC2 to continue with the letter print untill the PC1 pop-up is cleared. In order to continue with the print job, you have to access PC1 to select 'continue' on the popup dialogue box, at which point the manually placed envelope is printed
Is there any way to stop this behaviour on letter prints for the shared printer?
(PS. I have tried diabling Status messages however this did not help, neither PC could print letters)
Thanks
Brian

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