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Printing from NT 4 Server to Windows 2k

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by molson

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I have a printer share setup on a w2k print server. I need to be able to print from a NT 4 server to the w2k share printer. Whenever I try to install the additional nt4 driver, it asks me for the w2k server cd. I insert the cd, but receive a messagethat this is an invalid driver for your printer. (the printer is an hp 2100) When this did not work, I tried pointing it to the latest printer driver from HP. Unfortuantly, I can not upgrade the server at this time or change the print server to NT4.The application that I am running on the server is forcing me to print this way. The software requires a UNC path for the printer. Both the NT4 server and the print server running w2k pro have the most up to date sevice packs already applied.
Any suggestions?

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by mike jones

First of all see if you can install the printer driver locally on the NT4 server and then point it to the share of the w2k server.

Try and install roughly the same driver as on the 2000 box but I not sure if it will affect the print if they are different.

Lastly, why can't you print from the NT4 server straight to the printer, normally it doesn't cause a problem if two queues print to the same printer, this way you will still be printing to an unc name?

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