Windows 7 driver for remote printer
I have an HP7600 printer on a remote share running XP. The laptop running Win7, connects to the remote share, recognizes the printer as a HP7600 but cannot find the built in Windows 7 driver and asks for an .inf file.
If I hook up the printer directly to the WIN7 usb port, it installs fine.
How do I get the Win7 machine to pop up the printer selection dialog after it finds the printer, OR if I install the printer locally on the USB port, how do I redirect the port to the printer share?
Software/Hardware used:
HP 7600 and Win7
Software/Hardware used:
HP 7600 and Win7
ASKED:
June 10, 2010 6:50 PM
UPDATED:
August 19, 2011 10:02 PM
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Found this help on a blog:
Try this and see if it helps:
1) Ensure Printer on XP machine is shared - assume it's called SHAREDPRINTER.
2) On the Network Browsing on your Windows 7 machine ensure you can "See" the Printer share.
Now on the Windows 7 machine do the following (doesn't matter if it's X-86 or x-64).
3) Control Panel==> add LOCAL (Yes LOCAL) printer. I know it's on a Network but hold your horses -- what we are actually doing is "Poodlefaking" the Windows 7 machine into thinking it's running the printer.
4) Create NEW port==>Local port
5) Portname is \XPMACHINESHAREDPRINTER
6) Now Windows 7 will load a driver and you'll be able to print on the XP machine.
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After 3 days trying I was going round the bend but your solution totally worked for me – THANK YOU!