Vista - Additional printer drivers

I am running RC1 (64 bit) as a clean install.

It correctly identified my Epson Acculaser C900 on install which prints fine.

I also have a Win2k machine, 2 XP Pro machines and a 2003 server.

I am trying to share the printer, but need to install additional drivers.
Under Sharing/Additional drivers, if I tick the (x86) box, for 2000/XP
drivers, and click OK, it asks me to supply a driver(.inf file). I have tried
both the 64 and 32 bit Vista install disks (although I don't know where/if
the drivers exist on these disks - I just pointed at the root), and an
original Epson driver disk - which has the XP/2000 drivers on it. They are
not recognised as valid by Vista.

If I try and add a network printer on an XP machine, it tries to get the
driver from the printer's (Vista) machine and fails, so ask me for a printer
driver location. If I supply the Epson disk, it tells me that the driver is
"Not Suitable" and to contact the administrator - that would be me!

So, am I missing something fundamental, or am I doing it wrong?

Hi Ian,
I have two machines one with VISTA and the other with XP Pro. They are
connect on a Home network.
I have two printers attached to my VISTA machine that are set up as shared.
When I look in the Printers window on XP Pro both these printers show up
without doing anything including not adding any additional drivers.
Make sure Print sharing is turned on in Network and Sharing Center as
well as under each printers properties on VISTA.

--
Paul


"Ian" wrote:

> I am running RC1 (64 bit) as a clean install.
>
> It correctly identified my Epson Acculaser C900 on install which prints fine.
>
> I also have a Win2k machine, 2 XP Pro machines and a 2003 server.
>
> I am trying to share the printer, but need to install additional drivers.
> Under Sharing/Additional drivers, if I tick the (x86) box, for 2000/XP
> drivers, and click OK, it asks me to supply a driver(.inf file). I have tried
> both the 64 and 32 bit Vista install disks (although I don't know where/if
> the drivers exist on these disks - I just pointed at the root), and an
> original Epson driver disk - which has the XP/2000 drivers on it. They are
> not recognised as valid by Vista.
>
> If I try and add a network printer on an XP machine, it tries to get the
> driver from the printer's (Vista) machine and fails, so ask me for a printer
> driver location. If I supply the Epson disk, it tells me that the driver is
> "Not Suitable" and to contact the administrator - that would be me!
>
> So, am I missing something fundamental, or am I doing it wrong?

I have a dell 720 inkjet printer drivers will not print in vista get the
same error
"Ian" <Ian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AEBB5682-3A4F-473F-9D04-E306541DC10D@microsoft.com...
>I am running RC1 (64 bit) as a clean install.
>
> It correctly identified my Epson Acculaser C900 on install which prints
> fine.
>
> I also have a Win2k machine, 2 XP Pro machines and a 2003 server.
>
> I am trying to share the printer, but need to install additional drivers.
> Under Sharing/Additional drivers, if I tick the (x86) box, for 2000/XP
> drivers, and click OK, it asks me to supply a driver(.inf file). I have
> tried
> both the 64 and 32 bit Vista install disks (although I don't know where/if
> the drivers exist on these disks - I just pointed at the root), and an
> original Epson driver disk - which has the XP/2000 drivers on it. They are
> not recognised as valid by Vista.
>
> If I try and add a network printer on an XP machine, it tries to get the
> driver from the printer's (Vista) machine and fails, so ask me for a
> printer
> driver location. If I supply the Epson disk, it tells me that the driver
> is
> "Not Suitable" and to contact the administrator - that would be me!
>
> So, am I missing something fundamental, or am I doing it wrong?