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by darrenm

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I am trying to share a printer that is on a 2000 machine from a NT machine. This printer was on the NT machine first and now on the 2000. It works on both machines locally. When I go through network neighborhood on the NT machine and right click on the shared printer I get a message that says "The server on which the printer resides dows not have a suitable HP Deskjet 882C printer driver installed. Click on OK if you wish to install the driver on your local machine." [OK] [Cancel] If I hit OK my pc just freezes and does nothing. We tried to install the NT4 drivers directly on 2000 but they dont install. We went to sharing and added alternative drivers , selected NT4 Intel , then you are prompted for the NT disk. Insert that and then it needs a .INF file. But which one????? And where is it??? In driver library folder there are a few that begin with HP but none work. Why is this becoming so much of a pain. Can anyone help me please.

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by curlergirl

Go back to the original HP drivers CD - you can install the HP drivers locally on the NT machine first (pretending that there is a printer connected to LPT1), and then add the second printer (the network printer that is actually connected to the Win2K machine), so the drivers will already be there. The other alternative is that there should be a "customize" selection on the autorun menu on the CD - from the Win2K machine, this should allow you to install additional drivers for NT. Hope this helps!

by maelgwyn

Now, here is my understanding of it

PRN --- 2k --LAN-- NT ~~ PRN (Not connected)

Ok, so they both hav ehte drivers, so why dont you make sure that the 2k machine is serving them correctly - ie it can be found using either IP or UNC (if using IP, make sure it is static) *to find out - ping the UNC. If it can be found, its being shared correctly*. Now, you can use the Ports tab to map the address manually from the original local driver - that should make your life a whole lot easier.

Maelgwyn

by darrenm

Upon another try to install alternative drivers on the 2000 pc I noticed its asking for the 2000 server disk. I dont have it, just professional. it wants cd\\printers\nt4\i386. Know what file it wants? maybe I can find it somewhere else. I tried cd\\i386\ntprnt.inf and cd\\i386\driver.lib or driverlib.inf , whatever it was and it goes through all the steps to install. Seems to finish correctly but then nothing is added to the alternative drivers checklist.

by darrenm

Also when trying and install the alternative drivers I have choices to install drivers for NT4 -Alpha - Intel - MIPS and PowerPC. Ihave been choosing Intel , am I right?

by ctmoore1998

Since you already have the print driver for NT installed on the NT workstation and the printer is connected to the 2000 workstation. Ensure that you have the proper permissions set on the 2000 to allow access to the printer. (This is a peer network with no PDC)Create a script and put it in the startup folder
NET USE lpt2: \\2000ws\printshare
Then go to printers folder and modify the properties of the existing printer to print to the lpt2: port this should redirect the print jobs to the sharedprinter.

by darrenm

NET USE lpt2: \\2000ws\printshare
Then go to printers folder and modify the properties of the existing printer to print to the lpt2: port this should redirect the print jobs to the shared printer.

This worked a little. I definitely have one waycommunication with the printer and it shows up next to LP2 in the port window. BUT even though I have "enable bidirrectional support" checked it does not communicate with the printer. Communication test establishes oneway but no test print or any other print. Print directly to printer is set on both machines.

by darrenm

NET USE lpt2: \\2000ws\printshare
Then go to printers folder and modify the properties of the existing printer to print to the lpt2: port this should redirect the print jobs to the shared printer.

This worked a little. I definitely have one waycommunication with the printer and it shows up next to LP2 in the port window. BUT even though I have "enable bidirrectional support" checked (one or both machines) it does not communicate with the printer. Communication test establishes oneway butno test print or any other print. Print directly to printer is set on both machines. Also tried it wir

by darrenm

NET USE lpt2: \\2000ws\printshare
Then go to printers folder and modify the properties of the existing printer to print to the lpt2: port this should redirect the print jobs to the shared printer.

This worked a little. I definitely have one waycommunication with the printer and it shows up next to LP2 in the port window. BUT even though I have "enable bidirrectional support" checked (one or both machines) it does not communicate with the printer. Communication test establishes oneway butno test print or any other print. Print directly to printer is set on both machines.

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