Vista - Can't install network printer driver on Vista RC2 5744

Hello there, Corey,
I have the same printer <Samsung CLP-500> running as a network printer
and have exactly the same problem. However, opening an XP window in
Microsoft Virtual PC, there is no problem installing the driver.As far as
I'm concerned, it is the most serious defect of Vista and I'm running Vista
RC2 version 5744. It would be interesting to know if anyone else has had
problems installing network printer drivers from other printers.

James

----- Original Message -----
From: "Corey" <Corey@discussions.microsoft.com>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.vista.print_fax_scan
Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 11:55 PM
Subject: Can't install printer driver


>I have a home network laser printer I'll linking with my notebook computer
>w/
> Windows Vista RC1 installed. When trying to connect to the main computer
> where my laser printer is connected to...I get an error message which
> states
> that
> "Winodws cannot connect to the printer. There is not enough memory to
> complete this operation. Plese close some programs and try again." Also I
> notice that there are a few selective printer to choose from the pull down
> list with the execption for my printer, which is a (Samsung CLP-500). I
> only
> hope that I don't have to start investing in another laser printer next
> year
> when vista do comes out in full production. In the meantime, is there a
> another way by passing this error message so that I may connect to the
> printer??? Thankyou.
>

a couple of suggestions to get the driver working under Vista (I don't own a
Samsung printer)
download the latest driver from Samsung website.. right click on the *.exe
file and select the "compadibility" tag and set it to Win XP SP2 and check
the box that says
"run as an administrator" what this does is trick the exe file to thinking
that it's running on an XP system - the driver may then install with no
problems..

if that doesn't work my other suggestion is .. go into control panel in
Vista select printers and when you click on "add a printer" select
Samsung.. and there is a driver listed
for the CLP-550 while I agree that you have a CLP-500 and not a CLP-550 my
understanding is (and I could be wrong) there is ONLY 1 core Printer driver
in XP & Vista
for all printers.. all the extra features like seeing how much ink you have
left on screen.. setting specific details are done through a mini-port
driver that links into the core OS print driver..

what this means (in english) if you select the closest Samsung driver (or in
fact almost any printer driver ) you should be able to get the thing to
actually print with no problems.. it may not
have advanced features like selecting from Tray #1 -vs- #2 but at this
point (or at least until March 2007) when vendors drivers for Vista start to
get mature..

you could also contact Samsung support ... (and if your able to get past the
1st level .. 3rd world country tech support people ) there may actually be a
Vista driver under development.. this of course comes down
to what your political standing is.. I happen to work for a VERY large
influencial company.. by contacting our internal contacts at places like
Netgear, Microsoft, Cisco etc. things get done.. unfortunately for the
average
joe this isn't always possible..


"James Lynch" <jim143@telpacific.com.au> wrote in message
news:E574634B-BF8C-4EC3-B2B6-6AD442B8D348@microsoft.com...
> Hello there, Corey,
> I have the same printer <Samsung CLP-500> running as a network printer
> and have exactly the same problem. However, opening an XP window in
> Microsoft Virtual PC, there is no problem installing the driver.As far as
> I'm concerned, it is the most serious defect of Vista and I'm running
> Vista
> RC2 version 5744. It would be interesting to know if anyone else has had
> problems installing network printer drivers from other printers.
>
> James
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Corey" <Corey@discussions.microsoft.com>
> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.vista.print_fax_scan
> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 11:55 PM
> Subject: Can't install printer driver
>
>
>>I have a home network laser printer I'll linking with my notebook computer
>>w/
>> Windows Vista RC1 installed. When trying to connect to the main computer
>> where my laser printer is connected to...I get an error message which
>> states
>> that
>> "Winodws cannot connect to the printer. There is not enough memory to
>> complete this operation. Plese close some programs and try again." Also
>> I
>> notice that there are a few selective printer to choose from the pull
>> down
>> list with the execption for my printer, which is a (Samsung CLP-500). I
>> only
>> hope that I don't have to start investing in another laser printer next
>> year
>> when vista do comes out in full production. In the meantime, is there a
>> another way by passing this error message so that I may connect to the
>> printer??? Thankyou.
>>
>

Thank you for all the helpful suggestions.Unfortunately, I tried all of them
to no avail. Samsung released a newer CLP-500 driver but this still has no
effect except that it installs properly on the printer server machine.
I've also tried to use the TCP/IP method which installs the printer but will
not print a test page. I know what you mean by getting nowhere with
companies if you haven't got the necessary clout. I just tried to see if
Benq would be doing an upgrade driver for my Acer
ST620 SCSI scanner and the reply was
"There is no driver for vista for this product and at this point there would
be no support or drivers released that will work under vista."

Maybe you could have a word with them ;-)

Cheers,

Jim



"kevin forsythe" <kevinfor@noemail.postalias> wrote in message
news:eBBg3hgDHHA.4808@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>a couple of suggestions to get the driver working under Vista (I don't own
>a Samsung printer)
> download the latest driver from Samsung website.. right click on the
> *.exe file and select the "compadibility" tag and set it to Win XP SP2 and
> check the box that says
> "run as an administrator" what this does is trick the exe file to
> thinking that it's running on an XP system - the driver may then install
> with no problems..
>
> if that doesn't work my other suggestion is .. go into control panel in
> Vista select printers and when you click on "add a printer" select
> Samsung.. and there is a driver listed
> for the CLP-550 while I agree that you have a CLP-500 and not a CLP-550
> my understanding is (and I could be wrong) there is ONLY 1 core Printer
> driver in XP & Vista
> for all printers.. all the extra features like seeing how much ink you
> have left on screen.. setting specific details are done through a
> mini-port driver that links into the core OS print driver..
>
> what this means (in english) if you select the closest Samsung driver (or
> in fact almost any printer driver ) you should be able to get the thing
> to actually print with no problems.. it may not
> have advanced features like selecting from Tray #1 -vs- #2 but at this
> point (or at least until March 2007) when vendors drivers for Vista start
> to get mature..
>
> you could also contact Samsung support ... (and if your able to get past
> the 1st level .. 3rd world country tech support people ) there may
> actually be a Vista driver under development.. this of course comes down
> to what your political standing is.. I happen to work for a VERY large
> influencial company.. by contacting our internal contacts at places like
> Netgear, Microsoft, Cisco etc. things get done.. unfortunately for the
> average
> joe this isn't always possible..
>
>
> "James Lynch" <jim143@telpacific.com.au> wrote in message
> news:E574634B-BF8C-4EC3-B2B6-6AD442B8D348@microsoft.com...
>> Hello there, Corey,
>> I have the same printer <Samsung CLP-500> running as a network
>> printer
>> and have exactly the same problem. However, opening an XP window in
>> Microsoft Virtual PC, there is no problem installing the driver.As far as
>> I'm concerned, it is the most serious defect of Vista and I'm running
>> Vista
>> RC2 version 5744. It would be interesting to know if anyone else has had
>> problems installing network printer drivers from other printers.
>>
>> James
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Corey" <Corey@discussions.microsoft.com>
>> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.vista.print_fax_scan
>> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 11:55 PM
>> Subject: Can't install printer driver
>>
>>
>>>I have a home network laser printer I'll linking with my notebook
>>>computer
>>>w/
>>> Windows Vista RC1 installed. When trying to connect to the main
>>> computer
>>> where my laser printer is connected to...I get an error message which
>>> states
>>> that
>>> "Winodws cannot connect to the printer. There is not enough memory to
>>> complete this operation. Plese close some programs and try again." Also
>>> I
>>> notice that there are a few selective printer to choose from the pull
>>> down
>>> list with the execption for my printer, which is a (Samsung CLP-500). I
>>> only
>>> hope that I don't have to start investing in another laser printer next
>>> year
>>> when vista do comes out in full production. In the meantime, is there a
>>> another way by passing this error message so that I may connect to the
>>> printer??? Thankyou.
>>>
>>
>

James Lynch wrote:
> Thank you for all the helpful suggestions.Unfortunately, I tried all of
> them to no avail. Samsung released a newer CLP-500 driver but this still
> has no effect except that it installs properly on the printer server
> machine.
> I've also tried to use the TCP/IP method which installs the printer but
> will not print a test page. I know what you mean by getting nowhere with
> companies if you haven't got the necessary clout. I just tried to see if
> Benq would be doing an upgrade driver for my Acer
> ST620 SCSI scanner and the reply was
> "There is no driver for vista for this product and at this point there
> would be no support or drivers released that will work under vista."
>
> Maybe you could have a word with them ;-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> "kevin forsythe" <kevinfor@noemail.postalias> wrote in message
> news:eBBg3hgDHHA.4808@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> a couple of suggestions to get the driver working under Vista (I don't
>> own a Samsung printer)
>> download the latest driver from Samsung website.. right click on the
>> *.exe file and select the "compadibility" tag and set it to Win XP SP2
>> and check the box that says
>> "run as an administrator" what this does is trick the exe file to
>> thinking that it's running on an XP system - the driver may then
>> install with no problems..
>>
>> if that doesn't work my other suggestion is .. go into control panel
>> in Vista select printers and when you click on "add a printer"
>> select Samsung.. and there is a driver listed
>> for the CLP-550 while I agree that you have a CLP-500 and not a
>> CLP-550 my understanding is (and I could be wrong) there is ONLY 1
>> core Printer driver in XP & Vista
>> for all printers.. all the extra features like seeing how much ink
>> you have left on screen.. setting specific details are done through a
>> mini-port driver that links into the core OS print driver..
>>
>> what this means (in english) if you select the closest Samsung driver
>> (or in fact almost any printer driver ) you should be able to get the
>> thing to actually print with no problems.. it may not
>> have advanced features like selecting from Tray #1 -vs- #2 but at
>> this point (or at least until March 2007) when vendors drivers for
>> Vista start to get mature..
>>
>> you could also contact Samsung support ... (and if your able to get
>> past the 1st level .. 3rd world country tech support people ) there
>> may actually be a Vista driver under development.. this of course
>> comes down
>> to what your political standing is.. I happen to work for a VERY
>> large influencial company.. by contacting our internal contacts at
>> places like Netgear, Microsoft, Cisco etc. things get done..
>> unfortunately for the average
>> joe this isn't always possible..
>>
>>
>> "James Lynch" <jim143@telpacific.com.au> wrote in message
>> news:E574634B-BF8C-4EC3-B2B6-6AD442B8D348@microsoft.com...
>>> Hello there, Corey,
>>> I have the same printer <Samsung CLP-500> running as a network
>>> printer
>>> and have exactly the same problem. However, opening an XP window in
>>> Microsoft Virtual PC, there is no problem installing the driver.As
>>> far as
>>> I'm concerned, it is the most serious defect of Vista and I'm running
>>> Vista
>>> RC2 version 5744. It would be interesting to know if anyone else has had
>>> problems installing network printer drivers from other printers.
>>>
>>> James
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Corey"
>>> <Corey@discussions.microsoft.com>
>>> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.vista.print_fax_scan
>>> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 11:55 PM
>>> Subject: Can't install printer driver
>>>
>>>
>>>> I have a home network laser printer I'll linking with my notebook
>>>> computer
>>>> w/
>>>> Windows Vista RC1 installed. When trying to connect to the main
>>>> computer
>>>> where my laser printer is connected to...I get an error message which
>>>> states
>>>> that
>>>> "Winodws cannot connect to the printer. There is not enough memory to
>>>> complete this operation. Plese close some programs and try again."
>>>> Also I
>>>> notice that there are a few selective printer to choose from the
>>>> pull down
>>>> list with the execption for my printer, which is a (Samsung CLP-500). I
>>>> only
>>>> hope that I don't have to start investing in another laser printer next
>>>> year
>>>> when vista do comes out in full production. In the meantime, is
>>>> there a
>>>> another way by passing this error message so that I may connect to the
>>>> printer??? Thankyou.
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
I have exactly the same problem but I am using a dell 1100 laser. Exact
same error message.

I am using Vista 32bit RTM from MSDN.