Laserjet 2100 Postcript networked not printing

[awayman]

I have two identical HP laserjet 2100 printers, both with JetDirect 600N network cards installed. They are the only printers connected to a particular print server (Server1). The default Win2k PS driver prints just fine to both, and has happily done so for a few months now.
However, when I install a PostScript driver for the printers in the same Server configuration, the print jobs dissappear into the netherworld. I get no errors or failure messages when I send test pages or print from applications on Server1 or on clients, the jobs never show in the spooler, and the built-in web interface for the JetDirect cards never show additional received packets for the jobs.
I set one of the printers up on our other print server (Server2), which has other networked HP printers using PostScript drivers (but no 2100's), and get the exact same symptoms.

-The PCL drivers still work fine.
-I tried both the default Win2k PostScript driver for the 2100, and I downloaded HP's current PS driver; both give me the same symptoms on both servers.

What's next? Take the printers out back and rough 'em up a bit? Any (more practical) ideas would be greatly appreciated.

 

[hpwizzard]

Did you install the post script point and print bundle driver or the standalone driver ? The point and print bundle driver is preferred in this case as they contain driver versions for most Windows OS that the server will share with the client automatically upon install.

 

[awayman]

I tried the point & print bundle, as well as the standalone driver. I spoke with a support person for an unrelated product, and he found out that the Postscript drivers available (from HP & Microsoft) are not for the 2100 "base" model. They are for the 2100M or 2100TN printers. He is trying to work with Microsoft to see if a 2100 base-model postscript driver is available. I'll update this thread if we get anywhere with that.