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Conference 7.286::postscript_printing

Title:	Digital PostScript printers and their associated software

Moderator:	REGENT::LASKOHER

Created:	Wed Jan 24 1990
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	7230
Total number of notes:	31971

7164.0. "Alternate drivers for Colorwriter LSR 2000 on Windows NT" by DIBDIB::DBATES (Time for a note) Wed Apr 16 1997 08:26


We have a LSR2000 which is shared out via an NT queue.
The NT machine is an Alpha and it works ok.
However, I would like to make the intel drivers available on the
NT machine so that intel machines that connect up to the print share can
automatically pick up the driver.

If I click on printer>sharing>Alternate drivers,
I receive the error

Alternate drivers cannot be installed. The printer driver is unknown


Should this work?

Thanks

David

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
7164.1		RDVAX::LEVY	Run Like an Antelope	`Wed Apr 16 1997 08:51`	6
	This has been discussed before here wrt making the intel 3.51 drivers available on an intel 4.0 server. We've not yet seen a solution. dave
7164.2		REGENT::LASKO	Tim - Printing Systems Business	`Wed Apr 16 1997 11:37`	6
	Actually, there has been a solution available for a while to this problem. Pick up the latest Windows NT printer drivers on the PSB InfoCenter WWW site (and also refer to the document included in the archive with the NT 4.0 printer drivers). If this still doesn't work. please give more details of your configuration and specify which drivers are failing.
7164.3	Not if Server is 4.0 and client is 3.51	RDVAX::LEVY	Run Like an Antelope	`Fri Apr 18 1997 16:01`	40
	As I tried to explain in note 6991, your solution may work well when the server is 3.51 and the client is 4.0, but I've got it the other way around. It was much easier to upgrade our servers to 4.0 than to get the users coordinated on a migration to the new desktop environment. With these drivers installed on a 4.0 server, I cannot get it to install alternate drivers on any of the printers. Here's a step-by-step dialog for you. I'm doing this on my workstation, but the same thing happens on our Print Server system. First, I use the Digital Network Printer Setup Wizard to create a queue. I call it LPS32-TEST and it's IP address is 16.151.72.111. Now, I make sure that I have the right drivers. I go to Properties in the queue and pick New Driver. I point to the share where I've put the update kit. It finds the Digital PrintServer 32 plus. I select Replace existing driver. When the system prompts for files from the NT distribution, I provide a pointer to the kit (I have it on a share). The driver is updated. I share the printer and it now shows only the NT 4.0 intel driver installed. In the Alternate Drivers windows on the Sharing sheet, I select Windows NT 3.5 or 3.51 x86 and press OK. The system says "Alternate drivers cannot be installed. The printer driver is unknown." I tried stopping and starting the Spooler. Same thing. I tried rebooting the system. Same thing. How should I be doing this? dave
7164.4		REGENT::LASKO	Tim - Printing Systems Business	`Fri Apr 18 1997 18:09`	8
	Um... Your example uses the PrintServer 32 plus drivers. I thought we were talking about the Colorwriter LSR 2000. And I thought we had the problem solved, at least here in the lab, in both directions. We'll have to go back and look at this again next week.
7164.5		REGENT::LASKO	Tim - Printing Systems Business	`Fri Apr 18 1997 18:10`	1
	And, for the record, what versions are on the systems in .0? (DBATES?)
7164.6		DIBDIB::DBATES	Time for a note	`Fri Apr 25 1997 12:17`	5
	V4.0 server I have now installed the latest drivers from the web, and it appears to have worked i.e. I didn't see any errors.
7164.7		REGENT::LASKO	Tim - Printing Systems Business	`Wed Apr 30 1997 19:02`	1
	Thanks for the update!