Print Server for 64-bit Clients?

[WyeKnott]

The environment: SBS 2003, mostly 32-bit XP Pro clients plus a few 64-bit Windows 7 Pro clients.

The problems: How to add 64-bit drivers to managed IP printers for the Win7 clients? If the 64-bit driver installers from HP don't crash right away on SBS, then the 64-bit drivers themselves are rejected by SBS.

My workaround: Install the printers on Win7 with separate drivers and connect directly to the IP address. It works, but it is inconvenient. Of course, it does mitigate spooler load. Still...

Am I missing an obvious solution or is this one of those things that must be endured?

Thanks

 

[ShackDaddy]

It must be endured. Unless you want to make one of the Win7 workstations a print server to host the 64-bit drivers.

Dave Shackelford
ThirdTier.net
TrainSignal.com

 

[BadBigBen]

See if you can gather more information from the following links:

Vista - Windows Server 2003 R2 32bit Print Server supporting Vista 64 bit

http://www.vistax64.com/vista-print...bit-print-server-supporting-vista-64-bit.html

Problem adding Windows 7 64-bit print drivers to a 32-bit Windows 2003 print server

http://serverfault.com/questions/54...nt-drivers-to-a-32-bit-windows-2003-print-ser

Ben
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