Printing help

[cyruss612]

Hello everyone I have a problem that I am hoping someone can help me with. I have an nt domain with Hp 4050tn printers on it. The problem I am having is that I just got a XP pro workstation and I have had no problems connecting to the domain , the problem I am having is that when i open up my network places and go to add the hp4050tn's i get the message "WINDOWS CANNOT CPONNECT TO THE PRINTER. THE DRIVER THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO INSTALL IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH WINDOWS XP." I have a driver for xp but I cant even get that far . Please someone Help me I have tried everything to get this to work.
Thanks in advance.

 

[Grymz]

Have the network admin install either the 4050tn xp drivers or the HP laser Jet 4 drivers on the print server, the Hp4 drivers will work with pretty much any operating system. We have had to do that with our mixed mode network and it works fine.

 

[cyruss612]

You know I was told my the sys admin he does not know how to add the xp drivers , to the nt pdc. Nice hugh. There has to be an easier way to do this . When I get the message saying i dont have xp drivers installed why doesnt it give me the option to install them from the xp machine?

 

[bcastner]

General first approach to the problem:

http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/CleanPrinterDrivers.htm

But the problem is the HP drivers. You need to download a fresh set from HP, after the cleanup described above.

 

[Grymz]

Well you could install it locally,

Go to printers, add new printer, local printer, create new port, select the Tcp/ip type, you will need to know the ip address for this part, go ahead and type it in and hit next, It will then ask you for the drivers you can install the ones that come with XP. finish out the install. Print a test page to insure it is working. That should be about it.

I would get the admin to install the drivers though, a bit more simple in the long run as you have more XP boxes come onto the network.

 

[cyruss612]

The finding by ip worked like a champ . Thank you so much for all of your help you are a lifesaver. "GRYMZ you are the man" Thanks again