I'm trying to install 32 bit printer drivers on our Windows Server 2008 R2 print server for various printers including Xerox copiers and some older HP printers. The 64 bit versions (universal printer drivers for HP and Xerox) of the drivers install without problems for the most part but I get stuck on the 32 bit install. It wants the 32 bit NTPRINT.INF/NTPRINT.DLL files from the I386 directory of our Windows XP SP3 which has been copied to the local server directory. It asks for the files in D:\I386 or C:\I386 but when I browse to those directories and select the NTPRINT files and click OK it just keeps asking for the same file. I have no choice but to abort the driver install.
We're in the process of moving to AD this summer and eventually moving to Windows 7 Enterprise 64 bit but in the mean time, we still have a boatload of Windows XP systems on campus that still need 32 bit printers in order to print. Any ideas?