Can I use a shared printer on XP with a local printer driver on Vista

[Alex Ferenstein]

My XP PC's HP 3325's drivers don't include Vista drivers (which HP hasn't
updated since 2003) which (as I understand) get downloaded into the client
computer, in my case, Vista, when I mount this shared printer.
Since Vista already has a WHQL driver for 3325 included on disk, is it
somehow possible to use the local Vista driver rather than the downloaded
one?

 

[Malke]

My XP PC's HP 3325's drivers don't include Vista drivers (which HP hasn't
updated since 2003) which (as I understand) get downloaded into the client
computer, in my case, Vista, when I mount this shared printer.
Since Vista already has a WHQL driver for 3325 included on disk, is it
somehow possible to use the local Vista driver rather than the downloaded
one?

If you have installed the HP 3325 on your Vista machine, uninstall it.
If it is showing up in the Printers folder as Automatic (from the XP
machine), delete it.

Then on Vista use the Add Printer wizard and at the appropriate time
click "Have Disk" to see the list of printers on your computer. Pick the
HP 3325 and continue with the installation.


Malke

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi Alex,

It should be possible to use it. Vista located the driver for my HP 720C
that's shared from an XP-based machine without any special work on my part.
Just indicated that it was a network printer, and when I went to connect it
located the appropriate driver without any redirection from me. If nothing
else, you may just have to set up a local com port with a UNC path to it, as
some older printers that do no support the necessary bidirectional
communication don't work when a print job is sent, even though the
connection seems to be ok.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com