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NT Print Queue with XP Workstations?

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by ksugars

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I have an NT 4.0 Server print server, and when I try to install the network printer on an XP Pro workstation it tries to install the NT 4.0 print driver (with an error). There are native drivers for this printer in XP Pro, but if I create the printer locally and try to create a port, the only option seems to be printing directly to the JetDirect interface. Is there a way to use NT40 print queues with XP workstation?

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by ranger666

Have you tried to upgrade the print drivers on the Print server to XP drivers, so when you install the printer it will install the XP drivers. This should work.

by joshg

I have had similar problems with W2K workstations. Install the printer as a local printer, that way you can specify the driver to be used or XP will use the native driver. Then add the network printer. XP will use the driver already installed. Delete the local printer after that.

by ksugars

I have followed the advice (Q263090) but I just get a message saying that a suitable driver has not been found (even though it is installed on my workstation.) Is there somewhere that I am supposed to copy the driver?

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