Printer Problems on Vista x64

re: Printer Problems on Vista x64

BarryBo — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 16:40:24 GMT

Findstr is ANSI-only, so it doesn't find matches in Unicode files. Try this longer-winded search:

for %i in (*.inf) do type %i | findstr /in 5150

Barry

re: Printer Problems on Vista x64

SteveRowe — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 06:37:03 GMT

Thanks Barry. That would explain it.

re: Printer Problems on Vista x64

kreely — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 19:46:37 GMT

WHen I installed Vista 64 on my computer, I did a bit of checking to see if HP had any drivers for my particular printer, an HP 1210xi All in One. No Vista drivers, but the was a beta 64 XP driver. Didn't matter, as everything I tried for this device failed. I've set the issue aside for the moment, but it's good to know that I'm not the only one having these problems.

re: Printer Problems on Vista x64

Maurits — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 19:55:37 GMT

vim x64 binaries are available (amd64 and ia64)

http://www.vim.org/download.php#pc

points to

http://www.georgevreilly.com/vim/

re: Printer Problems on Vista x64

SteveRowe — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 01:48:34 GMT

Vim x64 binaries are available and I have them, but there is no setup package there. You get vim but none of the nice UI extensions, etc.

re: Printer Problems on Vista x64

AlexR@Microsoft — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:55:41 GMT

HI All,

There is a known issue from Microsoft about the Vista x64 printer sharing option. Microsoft provide a workaround for the printer sharing problem and i will share with all of you. I already tested and works fine with Vista x64 Enterprise RTM and Windows XP SP2.

1) Go to the XP Machine and go to Start - Control Panel - Printers and other hardware and then printer and faxes.

2) Double Click Add Printer to start the Add printer wizard and click Next.

3) Click on Local Printer, clear the Automatically detect and install check box, and then click NEXT.

4)Click CREATE A NEW PORT and then click LOCAL PORT in the PORT TYPE section.

5)In the Port Name box, type the path to the printer in the following format where SERVER is the name of the print server and PRINTER is the name of the printer:

\\server\printer

6) Click NEXT and then select a Windows XP driver for your printer.

7) Click Next and the follow the intructions to finish the wizard.

NOTE: When you use this procedure, the print job is printed locally and then redirected to the network path. If you use this procedure, you do not receive printe updates from the printe server when you update the printer driver on the print server.

I hope this process help with your problem. It works for me and was so easy to do.

AlexR

re: Printer Problems on Vista x64

SteveRowe — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 03:56:50 GMT

Thanks Alex. As I wrote above, I found another solution but this is a good one to have in the proverbial back pocket. I actually tried to install the printer driver locally with no luck. If I had known about the redirection, that would definitely have solved my problem.

re: Printer Problems on Vista x64

Shannon — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 07:33:27 GMT

That fix helped me also. I have a hp deskjet 932c printer on an xp home machine. I can now connect to it. Is microsoft or hp gonna fix this in the future?

re: Printer Problems on Vista x64

Jeremy — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 22:07:58 GMT

I have upgraded to Vista Ultimate 64 bit and since then i have not been able to use my 2 month old Laser printer, a koinica minolta 2480mf. Konica, suprisingly, have stated they have no intention of providing a 64bit driver and therefore i should return the printer! Problem - i like the printer and want to keep it, query - would a printer server solve this or will Vista still ask for the drivers?

re: Printer Problems on Vista x64

SteveRowe — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 07:54:17 GMT

I'm sorry to hear that Konica isn't supporting their stuff for 64-bit. I've had pretty good luck finding drivers so far. Most of the major companies--even Brother--have had them.

I haven't actually used a print server but I think you'd still need the drivers.

re: Printer Problems on Vista x64

Neale D — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 18:36:32 GMT

Why does microsoft do that. thank you for the explanation. I did wonder for my Canon Pixma IP4000 why it wouldn't take the driver - Vista 64 calls is Canon Inkjet Pixma IP400!

re: Printer Problems on Vista x64

John Delaney — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 16:42:28 GMT

AlexR

Thank you my friend! I was pulling my hair out trying to connect an XP PC to a printer I was sharing on Vista64....

JohnD

re: Printer Problems on Vista x64

Phrost — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:50:19 GMT

Thanks for posting this... you helped me solve the problem of my PC not wanting to share my printer with my sister's 32-bit XP.

re: Printer Problems on Vista x64

Johno99 — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 10:47:44 GMT

Thanks guys, useful thread. Had the same problem as in the original post, and fixed by editing the inf file. Problem then was that it was unusable; XP machine took 60 secs to respond to anything to do with the new printer. Thanks for the reminder on the local port redirect - that must've been how I had it running before reinstalling XP on the laptop...

Cheers...

(Vista64HomePremium on media server, XPSP2 on laptop)