adding Windows NT 4 driver to Windows 2003 Printer Share.

[themeanies]

I am attempting to add an additional driver to an already shared and
installed printer definition on a Windows 2003 server. The printer in
question is a Laserjet 5 and clients to support are Windows NT 4. I
have downloaded the most recent NT 4 driver from HP, but when attempting
to install it as an "Additional Driver" I get a message back that
"Windows cannot locate a suitable printer driver..."

When attempting to use the drivers in C:\Windows\inf, nothing happens
and the Windows NT driver is not installed. No message provided.

I assume this has something to do with kernal mode driver support and
stability of the printing sub-system.

Is my only option to manually install the driver at each client PC when
attaching to the share?

Thanks,
tM

 

[MLepley]

I'm having the same trouble but only with some printers.

For the HP5 I have found that if I install the HP5 driver that ships with
W2k3 server then I am unable to add the NT4 driver but if I load the xp-2k
driver from the HP web site then I have no trouble loading the NT4 HP5
driver.

My method to resolving this problem for other printers is create a second
printer that is for NT users that has the kernel mode drivers installed or
to upgrade all existing NT4 workstations so the NT4 (version 2 or
kernel-mode) drivers are not needed.

 

[Guest]

I have the same problem with a HP8000 printer. I hope someone is working on
this.