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Install Win2K-Printdriver on Windows NT-

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by adi.spahn 1 view

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Dear Ladies and Gentlemen

We've following problem:

We have about 60 HP DeskJet 985Cxi-Printers connected to our both printservers based on Windows NT 4.0 (SP6a). All printers are connected through AXIS-Printservers.

Until today, all of the clients are running on Windows NT 40. So far no problems.

Now, there are more and more IBM-Thinkpads running on Windows 2000, which are implemented in the NT-Domain.

Do you know, how we can install Windows 2000 printdriver to our Windows NTPrintserver???

It's possible to install this printer locally on the clients, but not over the network. Do you know why???

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by 4u21der

Try this URL:
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http://www.hp.com/cposupport/printers/support_doc/bpl03584.html
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The reason all the NT4 WS can print to the shared printer is because they use the same driver that the server does. When you add a new printer to an NT4 WS from a NT4 srvr it copies the drivers to the local machine and install them automatically. You need to add the Win2K print drivers to the list of available driver that those printers can distribute to clients.

I think the Website will help you understand the process. I have done this before with Win2k and Win9x boxes, by simply adding the drivers to the printer share.

Hope this helps.

Good Luck!

by duwaned

Hi.

There is a Microsoft TechNet article detailing this procedure as well, so I won't just copy and paste! The article number is: Q263090

To see this article, got to http://www.microsoft.com and do a search for the article number.

I hopethis helps.
Regards.
Duwane

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