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Hp K5400 printer on Win2003,driver problem

Asked by: tss-nm

Have a network of XP Pro & Vista clients on an AD under Win 2003.  I have a HP K5400 OfficeJet attached to network via ethernet.  We have  200 users in the AD who use the XP & VISTA clients.  Each using their own UID.  At logon a VBS script runs to set up file shares and printers.  For the XP systems all works great.  For the VISTA systems the printers do not get setup with the vbs script, a very standard script.  When I try to add a K5400 to a VISTA client by hand I get "Windows cannot connect to the printer.  The specified port is unknown.".  Can this be fixed by adding additional drivers to shared K5400 config on the server?  If so where do I get the drivers only and how to add additional drivers.  The printer must work from XP & VISTA clients.  Or another solution?

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2009-10-07 at 17:57:05ID24794560
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DRIVERS

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VISTA

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WIN2003

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Checkpoint Firewall

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Windows Vista

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Printers by HP

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by: tss-nmPosted on 2009-10-07 at 18:21:20ID: 25521762

When I go to printer properties and sharing and additional drivers, it does not give an option for VISTA.  If I try add drivers using the VISTA CD for the printer it only shows the XP and Win 200x drivers.  I just don't see how to share a printer on a Win 2003 server to both XP and VISTA clients.  

 

by: MJCSPosted on 2009-10-08 at 02:16:07ID: 25523357

How many of the Clients are Vista?

 

by: tss-nmPosted on 2009-10-08 at 14:32:34ID: 25530342

Two clients are VISTA and rest are XP.  Printers are defined as each user logons with their unique UID via vbs script.  Users may use any of the clients, depending what's open at the time.

 

by: dusajPosted on 2009-10-13 at 10:29:10ID: 25562152

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