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Old 11-25-2008   #2 (permalink)
Alan Morris [MSFT]


 
 

Re: Printer on Vista can't be shared with XP

So I'm going to guess that the Vista machine is x64.

Make sure the XP print driver name matches exactly the Vista print driver
name.

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"Carlos" <Carlos@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I just replaced the system that was hosting my Canon printer. I was able
>to
> share the printer but when I try to install the printer on my other Xp
> system
> it tells me that the driver is not compatible and asks for the location of
> the .inf file. I loaded the disk and told it where to get it and it keeps
> failing. I've tried to add the xp driver to the vista system and it
> fails.
>
> The printer is a Canon Pixma IP 6600D and I would like to be able to share
> it with both systems.
>
> Sorry if this has already been resolved, but i was unable to find the
> answer
> through the threads

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