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Old 03-21-2007   #2 (permalink)
Alan Morris [MSFT]


 
 

Re: Printing from XP to a shared printer on Vista Ultimate 64 bit

the easiest way is to install them remotely using the XP machine with admin
access to the x64 machine.

I spoke with Bruce at the MVP conference last week and he said he'd update
his site with Vista instructions but here are a couple solutions using XP
interface but it is nearly identical.

http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/AddDrivertoOldOS.htm

http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/NetPrinterNoPP.htm

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Alan Morris
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"BenzSL600" <BenzSL600@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F3960957-B55F-472C-902B-9AB207332139@microsoft.com...
>I have a HP LJ1220 attached to a machine running Vista Ultimate 64 Bit
>edition.
> I have shared the printer, but cannot seem to install additional drivers
> to
> support the 32 bit XP machine. I have downloaded the latest XP drivers
> from
> HP, PCL 5e, PCL 6 and PS, but the vista machine refuses to accept them.



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