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Old 11-25-2008   #3 (permalink)
Carlos


 
 

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

Vista Machine is indeed x64

How can I make sure that the drivers name match exactly?

"Alan Morris [MSFT]" wrote:
Quote:

> 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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> Alan Morris
> Windows Printing Team
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>
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> "Carlos" <Carlos@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:E450DDF1-80A3-4178-A6F5-32A18C155166@xxxxxx
Quote:

> >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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