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Win2003: Drivers for shared printers

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by nigel

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I have a Win2003 server that I would like to share a new printer (HP 2575). There is no Win2003 native driver for the printer.
I only want to share the printer and provide drivers to client PC's that use the printer. I do not need to print to the printer directly from Win2003.
When I add a shared printer in Win2003 it always requests a native driver, anyway I can share it?
Any help would be gratefully received!

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by oh smeg

Because HP doesn't provide drivers for this Printer and 2003.

http://tinyurl.com/32gmj8

What you need to do when you share a Printer is to install the printer drivers on the machine that it is connected directly to and then on the remote workstations and point the workstations to the Networked Shared printer. While I understand that you don't want or need to print from the 2003 unit you still need the drivers installed on that computer to allow the printer to not only work but be visible to all of the other Workstations that will be using it to print from.

Col

by nigel

I realised I would have to install a driver of some kind on the server2003, even though I would not print to the printer from that machine.

I installed the printer on Win2003 as a:
HP Business Inkjet 1000 Printer

Then on local Vista clients:
Installed the printer as normal, it installed as an Inkjet 1000.

Then Control Panel / Printers&Faxes:
File menu -> Server Properties
Added Vista driver for HP 2500 series.

Then in the printer's properties page:
Switched printer to use the just installed HP 2500 driver.

by oh smeg

As you are not getting full functionality out of the printer. But if you are happy with that solution then no one else can complain.

Col

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