Windows Print Server

Hello,

I'm setting up a R2 Print server, Standard Edition, 64-bit.
All my clients are XP 32-bit.
So the server will not allow me to add a printer with 32-bit XP drivers.
I can goto the print server and add the 32-bit driver, but after this
point, I cannot add a printer using those drivers!
When I choose the 32-bit drivers I have downloaded from using the have
disk, it tells me they aren't supported on an x64 system!
What is going on here? How can I add a printer and assign it 32-bit
drivers in the print server?

 

Hello AndyTC@community.nospam,

Did you add the 32bit drivers as additional drivers on the 64bit print server,
printer properties?

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> Hello,
>
> I'm setting up a R2 Print server, Standard Edition, 64-bit.
> All my clients are XP 32-bit.
> So the server will not allow me to add a printer with 32-bit XP
> drivers.
> I can goto the print server and add the 32-bit driver, but after this
> point, I cannot add a printer using those drivers!
> When I choose the 32-bit drivers I have downloaded from using the have
> disk, it tells me they aren't supported on an x64 system!
> What is going on here? How can I add a printer and assign it 32-bit
> drivers in the print server?

 

Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS] wrote:
> Hello AndyTC@community.nospam,
>
> Did you add the 32bit drivers as additional drivers on the 64bit print
> server, printer properties?
>
> Best regards
>
> Meinolf Weber
> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
> confers no rights.
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> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm setting up a R2 Print server, Standard Edition, 64-bit.
>> All my clients are XP 32-bit.
>> So the server will not allow me to add a printer with 32-bit XP
>> drivers.
>> I can goto the print server and add the 32-bit driver, but after this
>> point, I cannot add a printer using those drivers!
>> When I choose the 32-bit drivers I have downloaded from using the have
>> disk, it tells me they aren't supported on an x64 system!
>> What is going on here? How can I add a printer and assign it 32-bit
>> drivers in the print server?
>
>
Yes.
I still can't see how to assign them to a printer. When I add a printer,
it only allows me to choose 64-bit drivers.

 

Hello AndyTC@community.nospam,

If the printer on the print servers has the 32bit drivers also added and
the client machine uses the add printer wizard, search AD for the printer
you just have to choose the printer. The driver then will be copied from
the print server to the client machine.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS] wrote:
>
>> Hello AndyTC@community.nospam,
>>
>> Did you add the 32bit drivers as additional drivers on the 64bit
>> print server, printer properties?
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Meinolf Weber
>> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
>> confers no rights.
>> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
>> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I'm setting up a R2 Print server, Standard Edition, 64-bit.
>>> All my clients are XP 32-bit.
>>> So the server will not allow me to add a printer with 32-bit XP
>>> drivers.
>>> I can goto the print server and add the 32-bit driver, but after
>>> this
>>> point, I cannot add a printer using those drivers!
>>> When I choose the 32-bit drivers I have downloaded from using the
>>> have
>>> disk, it tells me they aren't supported on an x64 system!
>>> What is going on here? How can I add a printer and assign it 32-bit
>>> drivers in the print server?
> Yes.
> I still can't see how to assign them to a printer. When I add a
> printer,
> it only allows me to choose 64-bit drivers.

 

Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS] wrote:
> Hello AndyTC@community.nospam,
>
> If the printer on the print servers has the 32bit drivers also added and
> the client machine uses the add printer wizard, search AD for the
> printer you just have to choose the printer. The driver then will be
> copied from the print server to the client machine.
>
> Best regards
>
> Meinolf Weber
> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
> confers no rights.
> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>
>> Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS] wrote:
>>
>>> Hello AndyTC@community.nospam,
>>>
>>> Did you add the 32bit drivers as additional drivers on the 64bit
>>> print server, printer properties?
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>>
>>> Meinolf Weber
>>> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
>>> confers no rights.
>>> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
>>> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I'm setting up a R2 Print server, Standard Edition, 64-bit.
>>>> All my clients are XP 32-bit.
>>>> So the server will not allow me to add a printer with 32-bit XP
>>>> drivers.
>>>> I can goto the print server and add the 32-bit driver, but after
>>>> this
>>>> point, I cannot add a printer using those drivers!
>>>> When I choose the 32-bit drivers I have downloaded from using the
>>>> have
>>>> disk, it tells me they aren't supported on an x64 system!
>>>> What is going on here? How can I add a printer and assign it 32-bit
>>>> drivers in the print server?
>> Yes.
>> I still can't see how to assign them to a printer. When I add a
>> printer,
>> it only allows me to choose 64-bit drivers.
>
>
ok so what you are saying is, I have to install each printer initially
with the 64-bit drivers, even though I have no 64-bit clients. Then, I
can add 32-bit as additional drivers and it will work, correct?

 

AndyTC@community.nospam wrote:

> ok so what you are saying is, I have to install each printer initially
> with the 64-bit drivers, even though I have no 64-bit clients. Then, I
> can add 32-bit as additional drivers and it will work, correct?

Yes, that's the theory, anyway. Sometimes people run into interesting
problems with this.

 

Hello AndyTC@community.nospam,

Correct, first the print server has to recognize the printer device with
it's correct drivers and that are 64bit. Then you have to install the additional
drivers for your clients OS version, which 32bit.

If that doesn't work please post again with the error messages you get, somtimes
problems occur that way.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS] wrote:
>
>> Hello AndyTC@community.nospam,
>>
>> If the printer on the print servers has the 32bit drivers also added
>> and the client machine uses the add printer wizard, search AD for the
>> printer you just have to choose the printer. The driver then will be
>> copied from the print server to the client machine.
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Meinolf Weber
>> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
>> confers no rights.
>> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
>> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>>> Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS] wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello AndyTC@community.nospam,
>>>>
>>>> Did you add the 32bit drivers as additional drivers on the 64bit
>>>> print server, printer properties?
>>>>
>>>> Best regards
>>>>
>>>> Meinolf Weber
>>>> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties,
>>>> and
>>>> confers no rights.
>>>> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
>>>> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm setting up a R2 Print server, Standard Edition, 64-bit.
>>>>> All my clients are XP 32-bit.
>>>>> So the server will not allow me to add a printer with 32-bit XP
>>>>> drivers.
>>>>> I can goto the print server and add the 32-bit driver, but after
>>>>> this
>>>>> point, I cannot add a printer using those drivers!
>>>>> When I choose the 32-bit drivers I have downloaded from using the
>>>>> have
>>>>> disk, it tells me they aren't supported on an x64 system!
>>>>> What is going on here? How can I add a printer and assign it
>>>>> 32-bit
>>>>> drivers in the print server?
>>> Yes.
>>> I still can't see how to assign them to a printer. When I add a
>>> printer,
>>> it only allows me to choose 64-bit drivers.
> ok so what you are saying is, I have to install each printer initially
> with the 64-bit drivers, even though I have no 64-bit clients. Then, I
> can add 32-bit as additional drivers and it will work, correct?
>

 

When the 32bit print driver name is not the same as the 64bit print driver
name, the driver is NOT the same driver.

--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1

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"Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> wrote in message
news:ff16fb662351d8cb9f7768c46d25@msnews.microsoft.com...
> Hello AndyTC@community.nospam,
>
> Correct, first the print server has to recognize the printer device with
> it's correct drivers and that are 64bit. Then you have to install the
> additional drivers for your clients OS version, which 32bit.
>
> If that doesn't work please post again with the error messages you get,
> somtimes problems occur that way.
>
> Best regards
>
> Meinolf Weber
> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
> confers no rights.
> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>
>> Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS] wrote:
>>
>>> Hello AndyTC@community.nospam,
>>>
>>> If the printer on the print servers has the 32bit drivers also added
>>> and the client machine uses the add printer wizard, search AD for the
>>> printer you just have to choose the printer. The driver then will be
>>> copied from the print server to the client machine.
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>>
>>> Meinolf Weber
>>> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
>>> confers no rights.
>>> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
>>> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>>>> Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS] wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello AndyTC@community.nospam,
>>>>>
>>>>> Did you add the 32bit drivers as additional drivers on the 64bit
>>>>> print server, printer properties?
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards
>>>>>
>>>>> Meinolf Weber
>>>>> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties,
>>>>> and
>>>>> confers no rights.
>>>>> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
>>>>> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm setting up a R2 Print server, Standard Edition, 64-bit.
>>>>>> All my clients are XP 32-bit.
>>>>>> So the server will not allow me to add a printer with 32-bit XP
>>>>>> drivers.
>>>>>> I can goto the print server and add the 32-bit driver, but after
>>>>>> this
>>>>>> point, I cannot add a printer using those drivers!
>>>>>> When I choose the 32-bit drivers I have downloaded from using the
>>>>>> have
>>>>>> disk, it tells me they aren't supported on an x64 system!
>>>>>> What is going on here? How can I add a printer and assign it
>>>>>> 32-bit
>>>>>> drivers in the print server?
>>>> Yes.
>>>> I still can't see how to assign them to a printer. When I add a
>>>> printer,
>>>> it only allows me to choose 64-bit drivers.
>> ok so what you are saying is, I have to install each printer initially
>> with the 64-bit drivers, even though I have no 64-bit clients. Then, I
>> can add 32-bit as additional drivers and it will work, correct?
>>
>
>