I tried the local printer setup for my Lexmark to connect to a network
printer attached to XP which failed with access denied, despite it working
fine for any other XP system. What do I need to do to resolve the access
deny between Vista and XP ?
Thank you
Markus
"Alan Morris [MSFT]" <alanmo@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Is the x64 driver installed on the Home Server? Make sure the driver
> names are exactly the same on both 32 and 64 bit platforms. If the driver
> names are different, they are not that same driver.
>
> When the driver names do not match, setup a local printer on the client
> machine that uses a Local Port redirected to the printer share (the port
> name will be \\HomeServer\PrinterShare), then select the inbox driver for
> the device
>
> --
> Alan Morris
> Windows Printing Team
> Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
> http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1
>
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> "LaureynsR" <LaureynsR@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:95E32E9D-BF2E-4988-B67C-03A58B57422B@xxxxxx Quote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm a little frustrated, I just upgraded my workstation to Vista Ultimate
>> 64bit and tried to connect to my Brother MFC-6800 which is on my Windows
>> Home
>> Server. I tried to browse to the printer and connect and the system adds
>> the
>> printer but has an error that the driver for that printer are not
>> available.
>>
>> I went to Brothers site and they say the drivers should be available in
>> Vista. Sure enough, if I manually install the printer or connect it
>> directly
>> to the Vista workstation via USB, and it loads the MFC-6800 driver.
>>
>> Is there a way to redirect the port from the USB to the server like in
>> XP? I
>> don't see port even though the pinter is there.
>>
>> Please help.
>>
>> Thanks
>> --
>> "Imagination is more important than knowledge, knowledge is limited but
>> Imagination can encircle the world."
>>
>> -=Albert Einstein=-
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