Hi,
I'm trying to add additional printer drivers (32bit) on a 64bit server so that 64bit and 32bit clients can add printers from the print server. I have found several posts about this and none has helped me so far. I found one from GeorgeLawr that I copied below:
I have found the best way to do this is:
- Install the printer/driver for the type of device you are installing on the server, i.e. Xerox printer WCP7765 and driver for this printer (64-bit).
- Share the printer out (optional).
- Test print to make sure it works ok.
- Then from a 32-bit client (must be logged into the client with an account that has admin rights on print server), browse the printer server shares, i.e. go to "Start\Run" and type \\printservername\ then go to "Printers and Faxes" right-click and select "Connect" for the required printer and it will say it does not have the required drivers and will ask if you want to install.
- Install the required 32-bit driver and it will install on the print server. You then have to enable this in the printer properties.
- In the print queue window that opens up after you install the queue, go to "Printer\Properties\Sharing\Additional Drivers" and enable the "Intel Windows 2000 or XP" option (note, if you are doing this from a Windows 7/Vista client you might have to click "Change Sharing Options" or something, before you can click "Additional Drivers" option).
And that's it. You should now be able to go to a different 32-bit client and add the printer and print no problem.
This one gets me closer to an answer; however, on step 5 once it asks for driver path, I direct it to the CD that has the driver and I get a message that states something similar to "this driver is not correct for this version of Windows"
It's like it's looking for 64bit drivers and the drivers on the CD are 32bit. The printer on the (64bit) server is already installed. I'm on the 32bit client.
Can somebody help me get this correct?
Thanks,
MC