Vista - Cant print from Vista through XP!!? driver not installed?!

**K3Kircher** · 07-30-2008

ok i just got a new computer here at work and its the Vista home premium 64 bit and so far i love it. i went to print through our local printer to which all of our xp computers go to and it says the driver isnt installed. so i put in the cd which told me that its not for my operating system. i read someone who said to hook the Printer which is the MFC-Brother 8860DN directly up to Vista computer and it would install the driver since it was built in. So i picked up this huge machine and carried it over to my desk and hooked it up and sure enough it instantly said installing driver and when it finished it said driver installed and i was able to print to it. well then i unplugged it and put the printer back i was hit with the same error message i got before saying the driver isnt installed. i'm going on 4 hours straight trying to fix this! help please!!!

**johngalt** · 07-30-2008

You first have to be able to see the printer on the XP machine - then you have to be able to connect to it - finally you have to be able to tell it which printer it is.

Since it automatically loaded the driver for the printer when it was connected locally, fixing this should be an easy task.

First, connect to the XP machine.
Next, connect to the printer.
Next ask to use it - and when it asks to install the driver, select have disk
Now, just manually find the manufacturer and then find the same driver as was installed when it was connected to your Vista machine locally (usually, like with HPs, it says something long the line of "HP DeskJet 7500 Series" - so select HP as the manufacturer, and then in the second column pick the DeskJet 7500 / DeskJet 7500 Series.

**K3Kircher** · 07-31-2008

ok i went to the network and connected to the computer and i can see the brother printer and when i click on it i get a message saying connecting to brother and then this pops up..."The server for the 'Brother MFC-8860DN USB Printer' printer does not have the correct printer driver installed. If you want to search for the proper driver, click OK. Otherwise, click Cancel and contact your network administrator or original equipment manufacturer for the correct printer driver." if you press cancel it does nothing, and then if you press OK it asks you to specify the location of the printer driver *.INF. when i looked for the brother printer driver it came up with the name like UNVDLL.dll or something to that effect. if i specify this driver it says that its not correct.

**K3Kircher** · 07-31-2008

Quote: Originally Posted by johngalt

You first have to be able to see the printer on the XP machine - then you have to be able to connect to it - finally you have to be able to tell it which printer it is.

Since it automatically loaded the driver for the printer when it was connected locally, fixing this should be an easy task.

First, connect to the XP machine.
Next, connect to the printer.
Next ask to use it - and when it asks to install the driver, select have disk
Now, just manually find the manufacturer and then find the same driver as was installed when it was connected to your Vista machine locally (usually, like with HPs, it says something long the line of "HP DeskJet 7500 Series" - so select HP as the manufacturer, and then in the second column pick the DeskJet 7500 / DeskJet 7500 Series.

oh also when i searched the installed printer drivers on my computer i got a list of the lexmark, canon, some other one and the brother. keep in mind that i can print to all these printers just not the brother. when i click on the brother driver properties it says the driver path and has descriptions of each one including the Driver File which is UNIDRV.DLL this is what i specified as the driver earlier and it says that its not correct.

**barman58** · 07-31-2008

another way to try is if you still have the printer your list that worked when connected directly,is to go to that entry and change the port to the relevent network port so that vista uses the local driver and then redirects the output to a network port.

Right click on printer select properties then ports then add port select New tcp/ip port and complete the wizard. Have used this method for years for user access. should still work with vista.

**K3Kircher** · 08-01-2008

Quote: Originally Posted by barman58

another way to try is if you still have the printer your list that worked when connected directly,is to go to that entry and change the port to the relevent network port so that vista uses the local driver and then redirects the output to a network port.

Right click on printer select properties then ports then add port select New tcp/ip port and complete the wizard. Have used this method for years for user access. should still work with vista.

Well i tried this and it didnt work...unless i did something wrong. basically when it asks for the printer name or IP address, what do i put? i put the share name which is BrotherM but this wasnt correct.

**barman58** · 08-01-2008

should be in the format \\servername\sharename

**Extensa** · 08-01-2008

Read this tutorial. Before installing the printer, download the printer driver from HP's website, and then start with step 1.

**johngalt** · 08-02-2008

Quote: Originally Posted by K3Kircher

Quote: Originally Posted by johngalt

You first have to be able to see the printer on the XP machine - then you have to be able to connect to it - finally you have to be able to tell it which printer it is.

Since it automatically loaded the driver for the printer when it was connected locally, fixing this should be an easy task.

First, connect to the XP machine.
Next, connect to the printer.
Next ask to use it - and when it asks to install the driver, select have disk
Now, just manually find the manufacturer and then find the same driver as was installed when it was connected to your Vista machine locally (usually, like with HPs, it says something long the line of "HP DeskJet 7500 Series" - so select HP as the manufacturer, and then in the second column pick the DeskJet 7500 / DeskJet 7500 Series.

oh also when i searched the installed printer drivers on my computer i got a list of the lexmark, canon, some other one and the brother. keep in mind that i can print to all these printers just not the brother. when i click on the brother driver properties it says the driver path and has descriptions of each one including the Driver File which is UNIDRV.DLL this is what i specified as the driver earlier and it says that its not correct.

You don't search for Brother, because that is not what it is going to be named - however, you *can* just point to the C:\Windows\ directory and see if it finds the file automatically - if not, point to C:\Windows\System32 - if not then try C:\Windows\SysWOW64 directory. One of those three should have the required .INF file necessary for the printer to work as you have already installed it locally on your machine.

**K3Kircher** · 08-04-2008

Quote: Originally Posted by johngalt

Quote: Originally Posted by K3Kircher

Quote: Originally Posted by johngalt

You first have to be able to see the printer on the XP machine - then you have to be able to connect to it - finally you have to be able to tell it which printer it is.

Since it automatically loaded the driver for the printer when it was connected locally, fixing this should be an easy task.

First, connect to the XP machine.
Next, connect to the printer.
Next ask to use it - and when it asks to install the driver, select have disk
Now, just manually find the manufacturer and then find the same driver as was installed when it was connected to your Vista machine locally (usually, like with HPs, it says something long the line of "HP DeskJet 7500 Series" - so select HP as the manufacturer, and then in the second column pick the DeskJet 7500 / DeskJet 7500 Series.

oh also when i searched the installed printer drivers on my computer i got a list of the lexmark, canon, some other one and the brother. keep in mind that i can print to all these printers just not the brother. when i click on the brother driver properties it says the driver path and has descriptions of each one including the Driver File which is UNIDRV.DLL this is what i specified as the driver earlier and it says that its not correct.

You don't search for Brother, because that is not what it is going to be named - however, you *can* just point to the C:\Windows\ directory and see if it finds the file automatically - if not, point to C:\Windows\System32 - if not then try C:\Windows\SysWOW64 directory. One of those three should have the required .INF file necessary for the printer to work as you have already installed it locally on your machine.

well all works great now.

Thanks everyone for your help, i can finally sleep!

07-30-2008	#1 (permalink)
K3Kircher Windows Vista Home Premium 64 Bit 9 posts	Cant print from Vista through XP!!? driver not installed?! ok i just got a new computer here at work and its the Vista home premium 64 bit and so far i love it. i went to print through our local printer to which all of our xp computers go to and it says the driver isnt installed. so i put in the cd which told me that its not for my operating system. i read someone who said to hook the Printer which is the MFC-Brother 8860DN directly up to Vista computer and it would install the driver since it was built in. So i picked up this huge machine and carried it over to my desk and hooked it up and sure enough it instantly said installing driver and when it finished it said driver installed and i was able to print to it. well then i unplugged it and put the printer back i was hit with the same error message i got before saying the driver isnt installed. i'm going on 4 hours straight trying to fix this! help please!!!
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07-30-2008	#2 (permalink)
johngalt Vista Ultimate x64 MAK, OpenSolaris 5, Gentoo 2008.1.... 3,848 posts	Re: Cant print from Vista through XP!!? driver not installed?! You first have to be able to see the printer on the XP machine - then you have to be able to connect to it - finally you have to be able to tell it which printer it is. Since it automatically loaded the driver for the printer when it was connected locally, fixing this should be an easy task. First, connect to the XP machine. Next, connect to the printer. Next ask to use it - and when it asks to install the driver, select have disk Now, just manually find the manufacturer and then find the same driver as was installed when it was connected to your Vista machine locally (usually, like with HPs, it says something long the line of "HP DeskJet 7500 Series" - so select HP as the manufacturer, and then in the second column pick the DeskJet 7500 / DeskJet 7500 Series.
My System Specs

07-31-2008	#3 (permalink)
K3Kircher Windows Vista Home Premium 64 Bit 9 posts	Re: Cant print from Vista through XP!!? driver not installed?! ok i went to the network and connected to the computer and i can see the brother printer and when i click on it i get a message saying connecting to brother and then this pops up..."The server for the 'Brother MFC-8860DN USB Printer' printer does not have the correct printer driver installed. If you want to search for the proper driver, click OK. Otherwise, click Cancel and contact your network administrator or original equipment manufacturer for the correct printer driver." if you press cancel it does nothing, and then if you press OK it asks you to specify the location of the printer driver *.INF. when i looked for the brother printer driver it came up with the name like UNVDLL.dll or something to that effect. if i specify this driver it says that its not correct.
My System Specs

07-31-2008	#4 (permalink)
K3Kircher Windows Vista Home Premium 64 Bit 9 posts	Re: Cant print from Vista through XP!!? driver not installed?! Quote: Originally Posted by johngalt You first have to be able to see the printer on the XP machine - then you have to be able to connect to it - finally you have to be able to tell it which printer it is. Since it automatically loaded the driver for the printer when it was connected locally, fixing this should be an easy task. First, connect to the XP machine. Next, connect to the printer. Next ask to use it - and when it asks to install the driver, select have disk Now, just manually find the manufacturer and then find the same driver as was installed when it was connected to your Vista machine locally (usually, like with HPs, it says something long the line of "HP DeskJet 7500 Series" - so select HP as the manufacturer, and then in the second column pick the DeskJet 7500 / DeskJet 7500 Series. oh also when i searched the installed printer drivers on my computer i got a list of the lexmark, canon, some other one and the brother. keep in mind that i can print to all these printers just not the brother. when i click on the brother driver properties it says the driver path and has descriptions of each one including the Driver File which is UNIDRV.DLL this is what i specified as the driver earlier and it says that its not correct.
My System Specs

07-31-2008	#5 (permalink)
barman58 Windows 7 RC x64 Vista HP x86 1,683 posts	Re: Cant print from Vista through XP!!? driver not installed?! another way to try is if you still have the printer your list that worked when connected directly,is to go to that entry and change the port to the relevent network port so that vista uses the local driver and then redirects the output to a network port. Right click on printer select properties then ports then add port select New tcp/ip port and complete the wizard. Have used this method for years for user access. should still work with vista.
My System Specs

08-01-2008	#6 (permalink)
K3Kircher Windows Vista Home Premium 64 Bit 9 posts	Re: Cant print from Vista through XP!!? driver not installed?! Quote: Originally Posted by barman58 another way to try is if you still have the printer your list that worked when connected directly,is to go to that entry and change the port to the relevent network port so that vista uses the local driver and then redirects the output to a network port. Right click on printer select properties then ports then add port select New tcp/ip port and complete the wizard. Have used this method for years for user access. should still work with vista. Well i tried this and it didnt work...unless i did something wrong. basically when it asks for the printer name or IP address, what do i put? i put the share name which is BrotherM but this wasnt correct.
My System Specs

08-01-2008	#7 (permalink)
barman58 Windows 7 RC x64 Vista HP x86 1,683 posts	Re: Cant print from Vista through XP!!? driver not installed?! should be in the format \\servername\sharename
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08-01-2008	#8 (permalink)
Extensa Windows 7 Home Premium x64 153 posts	Re: Cant print from Vista through XP!!? driver not installed?! Read this tutorial. Before installing the printer, download the printer driver from HP's website, and then start with step 1.
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08-02-2008	#9 (permalink)
johngalt Vista Ultimate x64 MAK, OpenSolaris 5, Gentoo 2008.1.... 3,848 posts	Re: Cant print from Vista through XP!!? driver not installed?! Quote: Originally Posted by K3Kircher Quote: Originally Posted by johngalt You first have to be able to see the printer on the XP machine - then you have to be able to connect to it - finally you have to be able to tell it which printer it is. Since it automatically loaded the driver for the printer when it was connected locally, fixing this should be an easy task. First, connect to the XP machine. Next, connect to the printer. Next ask to use it - and when it asks to install the driver, select have disk Now, just manually find the manufacturer and then find the same driver as was installed when it was connected to your Vista machine locally (usually, like with HPs, it says something long the line of "HP DeskJet 7500 Series" - so select HP as the manufacturer, and then in the second column pick the DeskJet 7500 / DeskJet 7500 Series. oh also when i searched the installed printer drivers on my computer i got a list of the lexmark, canon, some other one and the brother. keep in mind that i can print to all these printers just not the brother. when i click on the brother driver properties it says the driver path and has descriptions of each one including the Driver File which is UNIDRV.DLL this is what i specified as the driver earlier and it says that its not correct. You don't search for Brother, because that is not what it is going to be named - however, you can just point to the C:\Windows\ directory and see if it finds the file automatically - if not, point to C:\Windows\System32 - if not then try C:\Windows\SysWOW64 directory. One of those three should have the required .INF file necessary for the printer to work as you have already installed it locally on your machine.
My System Specs

08-04-2008	#10 (permalink)
K3Kircher Windows Vista Home Premium 64 Bit 9 posts	Re: Cant print from Vista through XP!!? driver not installed?! Quote: Originally Posted by johngalt Quote: Originally Posted by K3Kircher Quote: Originally Posted by johngalt You first have to be able to see the printer on the XP machine - then you have to be able to connect to it - finally you have to be able to tell it which printer it is. Since it automatically loaded the driver for the printer when it was connected locally, fixing this should be an easy task. First, connect to the XP machine. Next, connect to the printer. Next ask to use it - and when it asks to install the driver, select have disk Now, just manually find the manufacturer and then find the same driver as was installed when it was connected to your Vista machine locally (usually, like with HPs, it says something long the line of "HP DeskJet 7500 Series" - so select HP as the manufacturer, and then in the second column pick the DeskJet 7500 / DeskJet 7500 Series. oh also when i searched the installed printer drivers on my computer i got a list of the lexmark, canon, some other one and the brother. keep in mind that i can print to all these printers just not the brother. when i click on the brother driver properties it says the driver path and has descriptions of each one including the Driver File which is UNIDRV.DLL this is what i specified as the driver earlier and it says that its not correct. You don't search for Brother, because that is not what it is going to be named - however, you can just point to the C:\Windows\ directory and see if it finds the file automatically - if not, point to C:\Windows\System32 - if not then try C:\Windows\SysWOW64 directory. One of those three should have the required .INF file necessary for the printer to work as you have already installed it locally on your machine. well all works great now. Thanks everyone for your help, i can finally sleep!
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