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Windows 7 terminal services printing to server 2003
Posted on 2011-03-08
Hi experts,
A client has bought themselves a Win 7 x86 64 PC. They've also purchased a HP Officejet 8500 910 and need to print via their Server 2003 standard TS (32bit).
My issues are that the PC wants to use the Win 7 64bit drivers whereas the TS doesnt have Officejet 8500 Server driver.i would use the XP drivers on the Server except they are unsupported on the 64 bit Win 7 machine, snookered a little...
A client has bought themselves a Win 7 x86 64 PC. They've also purchased a HP Officejet 8500 910 and need to print via their Server 2003 standard TS (32bit).
My issues are that the PC wants to use the Win 7 64bit drivers whereas the TS doesnt have Officejet 8500 Server driver.i would use the XP drivers on the Server except they are unsupported on the 64 bit Win 7 machine, snookered a little...
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you should be able to add additional drivers on to the server, in the sharing tab of the printer properties. follow the steps that come up.
The XP drivers will be the same,
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=mp-81839-3&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&product=4083969&sw_lang=&os=228
this is the fully featured driver but you should be able to install what you need from there.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=mp-81839-3&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&product=4083969&sw_lang=&os=228
this is the fully featured driver but you should be able to install what you need from there.
Nope sorry, just get a message about the drivers not matching the system, have tried the XP ones already.
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverprint/thread/92d5e028-34fe-4623-9d9a-31b8b820f043/
Suggests installing the 64 bit drivers from a 64 bit machine, if that is possible for you. Also have the drivers names the same. The link goes through it in more detail.
Suggests installing the 64 bit drivers from a 64 bit machine, if that is possible for you. Also have the drivers names the same. The link goes through it in more detail.
Thanks for that link, good read and alot of good info. However they mostly assume that the printer has or can be installed on the server using drivers to match it, in my case Server 2003 x86. Howver in my case for some reason HP dont seem to support this printer on 2003 and the newer (2008) and older (XP) iterations of the product wont install.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?product=4083969&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&submit.y=4&submit.x=1&lang=en&cc=us
My second issue is that the PC and server are 50 miles apart, not part of the same domain and hence I couldnt map drives to load additional drivers even if it would work.
Why would HP not have server 2003 drivers for this printer?
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?product=4083969&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&submit.y=4&submit.x=1&lang=en&cc=us
My second issue is that the PC and server are 50 miles apart, not part of the same domain and hence I couldnt map drives to load additional drivers even if it would work.
Why would HP not have server 2003 drivers for this printer?
the distance is certainly not going to help!
have you tried the Officeject 8500 909 drivers?
They have them for 2003 and may be a good enough match for what you need.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?os=4063&lc=en&cc=uk&dlc=en&sw_lang=&product=3752459#N203
have you tried the Officeject 8500 909 drivers?
They have them for 2003 and may be a good enough match for what you need.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?os=4063&lc=en&cc=uk&dlc=en&sw_lang=&product=3752459#N203
No its not a help, wish they had consulted me first before buying it and then asking for the pieces to be picked up!
Funny you mention the 909, they have one already in another office so I had it already installed on the server, it works well, on the 909 though. Hmmm, dont see a resolution on this one..
Funny you mention the 909, they have one already in another office so I had it already installed on the server, it works well, on the 909 though. Hmmm, dont see a resolution on this one..
yeah, that'll be the day when we get asked for advice rather than told to just get it to work..
Not sure where to go, sorry I couldn't help
Not sure where to go, sorry I couldn't help
Client just swapped printer with a different office and I installed this for them so no real solution as such here.
Download the Windows 7 drivers and run the exe. It prompts with a window saying they arent supported on this system (Server 2003 TS box). The workaround is to browse to %temp% in windows explorer and in there the drivers are extracted.
Copy these to C and then add printer manually pointing to these extracted drivers on C, worked great. might be helpful to someone. Found here:
http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Printer-All-in-One-Install-Setup/officejet-8500a-A910-driver/m-p/987797
Copy these to C and then add printer manually pointing to these extracted drivers on C, worked great. might be helpful to someone. Found here:
http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Printer-All-in-One-Install-Setup/officejet-8500a-A910-driver/m-p/987797
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