XP wants to install a printer driver that's already installed

[Guest]

This picture sums up the problem:
http://www.petri.co.il/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=215

I hooked an Olivetti JP190 printer to my laptop. Since there's no XP driver
for this ancient inkjet printer, I downloaded a driver labeled 'Windows NT'
from Olivetti's website.

The driver works. Device manager says the device is working properly.
Indeed, it prints like it should.

But every time I plug in the printer (or boot with the printer connected),
XP proudly announces that it found new hardware and that it urgently needs a
file from my XP CD.

When I pop my CD in, XP can't find the file. And then it tries to find a
bunch of other files without success, because they are not on my XP CD.

Not that it matters, because the printer works fine without them.

When I hit 'cancel,' XP stays quiet until the next time I boot, and then it
starts all over again.

How can I stop XP from asking again and again and again? Is there a way to
force Windows to accept that my printer is already installed?

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

Yes, there is a driver.... it's included in XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;293381

Uninstall the driver (NT drivers don't usually work well anyway) and
reinstall it correctly using the Add Printer Wizard.

Follow Steps 1 through 5 at:
http://www.coribright.com/windows/Article One.htm

Then after the reboot, run the Add Printer Wizard and everything will be
clear to you.

 

[Guest]

The driver was indeed included, but it tried to hide from XPs add printer
wizard. The wizard couldn't find it on my XP CD so I had to manually unzip
(well, uncab) driver.cab and point the wizard where to the files.