I opened up a MMC and added the Print Management snapin on a Win7 32 bit VM (with admin rights). Right click on the printer you want to add the 32 bit drivers -> Properties -> Sharing Tab -> Additional Drivers -> Check the x86 box and it should ask you for the driver location. Point this to where you downloaded the 32 bit drivers. It should copy it back up to the server. I had some that I had to do a couple times before it would go. It took me almost an entire day to deploy 8 printers ... It should not have to be THIS hard!
Kelli On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 4:51 PM, James Kerr <[email protected]> wrote: > Just tried this and the drivers uploaded to the server but it still > doesn't work. I even tried installing the driver on a 32bit server and that > doesn't work either. This is a driver for a Canon color copier. At this > point I've wasted an entire day trying to get this damn driver to work with > Win7 and it does if I manually install it on the desktop but just not from a > friggin server......really frustrating. > > James > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* David Lum <[email protected]> > *To:* NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Friday, January 07, 2011 4:05 PM > *Subject:* RE: 32bit drivers and Server 2008 > > I did this again just today… > > > > From the Windows 7 32-bit box, you connect to the 64-bit server print > share, and when it asks for drivers you point it to a local folder (on the > 32-bit machine) where you had downloaded the 32-bit drivers from the printer > manufacturer. > > > > In short, manually install the drivers on the 32-bit box first. > > > > Then on the 32-bit box, go to “printers” and get to the properties of the > printer you just installed, click the sharing tab, click additional drivers, > put a check next to x86 and click OK – the 32-bit drivers should get > uploaded to the 64-bit server and from there on you should be able to have > other 32-bit systems connect to the 64-bit print server shared directly to > get the 32-bit drivers. > > *David Lum** **// *SYSTEMS ENGINEER > NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION > (Desk) 503.548.5229 *// *(Cell) 503.267.9764 > > > > > > > > *From:* James Kerr [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, January 07, 2011 12:40 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* 32bit drivers and Server 2008 > > > > I saw a blurb about this a few weeks ago on this list but now I cant find > the thread. I have a 2008 server on which I have installed a 64bit print > driver and I installed as an additional driver the 32bit version but it will > not work with Win7 32bit clients. If I install the driver directly on a Win7 > box it works. I tried exporting and importing from the Win7 box using print > management but that didnt work. I swore I saw in the discussion an > alternative way to manually install the driver on the 2008 server from the > Win7 box. Anyone know what I'm talking about here? > > > > James > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
