I have been working with printer sharing for years, so I feel I am pretty on top of all the issues. But now, this is stumping me. When I install and share a printer onto a 64bit version of Server 08, I can no longer connect to it from a 32bit desktop. I am specifically testing using drivers that are written to support Server 08, Vista and XP. The prblem is that all drivers I have found so far are either 32 or 64 bit. So, if I use the 64 bit driver, then connect to it from a 64bit desktop, all is well. But from a 32bit desktop, it tells me the driver is not compatible, and I have no way of installing a different driver locally on the desktop. I am aware of the feature on the server printer sharing that allows you to load additional drivers for client use, but there again, I cannot load a 32bit driver for client use onto the 64bit server.
So it would appear to me that printer sharing will no longer be possible unless the server OS and desktop OS are both the same bits. The alternative is to just set the desktops to print directly to the printer, but by doing that, I loose the centralized management functions provided to me by sharing it from the server.
How are you all handling this?
So it would appear to me that printer sharing will no longer be possible unless the server OS and desktop OS are both the same bits. The alternative is to just set the desktops to print directly to the printer, but by doing that, I loose the centralized management functions provided to me by sharing it from the server.
How are you all handling this?