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by steve.hammes

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Why can't I install an NT printer for a shared printer connected to an XP computer?

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by quake_sinatra

a little clarification please
are you asking why you cant have an nt driver? or cant install a printer on an nt computer that is shared off an xp computer?
thanks

by steve.hammes

I have tried this already as well, adding the NT driver to the printer via the XP box it is shared from. Received message telling me Windows could not locate a suitable driver, even though I pointed it to an NT driver I downloaded from HP for a Deskjet 1220 printer. Could add 95/98 driver just fine, but not the NT driver.

by gussss

You have to go in the properties box of your printer in the XP Box and add the NT drivers for that printer.
This way your NT Box can translate the data to the printer that right now can only understand XP language.
Let me know.
Gussss

by steve.hammes

I have tried this already as well, adding the NT driver to the printer via the XP box it is shared from. Received message telling me Windows could not locate a suitable driver, even though I pointed it to an NT driver I downloaded from HP for a Deskjet 1220 printer. Could add 95/98 driver just fine, but not the NT driver.

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