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I'm probably missing something very obvious, but ...
I have an HP Laserjet connected to an XP Pro sp3 box. It is shared and usable by other XP boxes over the network. I have a Vista 64 Home Premium sp2 box that is connected to the network. File sharing works OK between XP and Vista boxes. I want to print to the laser from the Vista box, so I go to Printers Add a Printer Add a network, etc printer. The printer's share name is found, no problem. When I click Add, I get an error msg that an appropriate driver can't be found. I assume the error is because the Vista Add Printer Wizard is attempting to download a driver from the XP box which not surprisingly doesn't have a Vista 64 driver. There is a "Browse" button, but where on the Vista box do I look for the correct driver? I know Vista has an appropriate built-in driver, because I was eventually able to add this printer by using the Add Local Printer option, and adding a new port named \\printserver\printersharename. Using this path, I get to the usual selection of printer manufacturers and printer models. Isn't there some way to get to that list from the "Browse" button that you get when the Add a network printer wizard fails to download the correct driver? BTW, I went to HP's site, but rather than offering a specific Vista 64 driver, it had some sort of "universal printer monitor." I tried to use that, but it was unable to communicate with the printer. |