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by labrat

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I have a NT server SP6 with a TrendNet 3 port print server. This print server has worked great with Windows 98 clients. We just ordered several clients with XP Pro. Got them on the network and email runs fine but it hangs the print server. I downloaded the newest HP DeskJet 960 drivers for XP--but where does it get installed? In the Sharing tab, XP is not listed. I opened the printer window on the NT server and updated the driver--now no systems will print. How can I get some Windows 98 clientsand some Windows XP Pro clients to work on one print server?

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by joseph moore

To install printer drivers for a more updated Microsoft operating system (Win2K, XP, Win2K3) onto an older operating system (NT4), you have to PUSH the drivers from the newer operating system onto the older one.
Technet article 263090 talks about how to do this.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q263090
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The 4 steps the article lists are here:

1) Click Start, click Run, and then type the Uniform Naming Convention (UNC) path for the Windows NT 4.0 print server (for example: \\Nt4srvname).

This action displays the shares on the remote computer.
2) Open the Printers folder. This action takes you into the printers folder on the remote computer.
3) Right-click the icon for the printer for which you want to add the Windows 2000 driver, and then click Sharing.
4) From the Sharing tab, click Additional Drivers, click the Intel/Windows 2000 option, and then click OK.

hope this helps

by labrat

Thank you. I thought I had done something like this but propabaly got it in the wrong order. I printed the article and went step by step and it works fine now. Thanks for the fast answer.

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