tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1431004196836508211.post2674133439804233032..comments2023-12-23T07:27:08.555-06:00Comments on Ramblings o' Techie: Sharing 64 bit printer drivers using a 32 bit Windows print serverrslyghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08901992599054849382noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1431004196836508211.post-81419737523714342212012-10-03T20:23:33.317-05:002012-10-03T20:23:33.317-05:00Very helpful, thanks.
FYI - Technet Article for th...Very helpful, thanks.<br />FYI - Technet Article for those looking for 32bit on 64bit:<br />Pretty much same as above but has some clarification I found useful.<br /><br />http://blogs.technet.com/b/sbs/archive/2009/02/13/how-to-add-32-bit-print-drivers-to-sbs-2008.aspx<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1431004196836508211.post-45008037328827504282010-10-26T07:56:25.705-05:002010-10-26T07:56:25.705-05:00Thanks a lot.
It's beyond me why I have to r...Thanks a lot. <br /><br />It's beyond me why I have to read this on a blog instead of technet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1431004196836508211.post-525193696599882482010-10-12T21:02:25.392-05:002010-10-12T21:02:25.392-05:00Hi Cheezy,
In order to have one printer object us...Hi Cheezy,<br /><br />In order to have one printer object use the different architecture drivers (x64 vs x86), I believe those drivers do have to be the same version. However, if you need to use different driver versions for each architecture you can create two different printer objects and assign the drivers separately. It gets to be a little messy this way, but I've had to do it too becauserslyghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08901992599054849382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1431004196836508211.post-4728593680642538142010-10-12T10:24:12.953-05:002010-10-12T10:24:12.953-05:00Hi, this is really helpful stuff, thanks for posti...Hi, this is really helpful stuff, thanks for posting it. I have a query though; I appreciate the driver name has to be the same so as they're not treated as indivual drivers by the OS, but does this apply to Driver versions also? Would installing two different versions of the print driver (in both x86 and x64 flavour) give the same problem? Thanks againCheezyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15650448763819679696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1431004196836508211.post-43548667589540701322010-10-07T13:18:33.796-05:002010-10-07T13:18:33.796-05:00No, I haven't had any issues with splwow64. I ...No, I haven't had any issues with splwow64. I have had some problems with the drivers causing the printers not to print correctly, but I have a feeling it's because the printers we have are older HPs and I had to use the HP Universal driver in order to gain the 64-bit support. When I've changed any of those printers back to their specific driver, they've worked fine. I don't rslyghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08901992599054849382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1431004196836508211.post-36233297920772510902010-10-07T10:16:48.590-05:002010-10-07T10:16:48.590-05:00Thank you! That's a good point about the driv...Thank you! That's a good point about the drivers. I was doing great until a windows server update wrecked several of my printers on the print server. Never again. Like you, I have a mixed environment of 32 bit XP and 64 bit win 7 with servers 2003/2008.<br />Have you ever come across splwow64 hanging up on the win7 x64 client? This prevents them from printing to the 32 bit windows 2003 The Moosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12845184343420699505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1431004196836508211.post-70020878746689649042010-10-05T14:40:31.189-05:002010-10-05T14:40:31.189-05:00I think all of the drivers that I needed were the ...I think all of the drivers that I needed were the same for Windows 7 x64 and Server 2003 x64, so I didn't have to choose. If you have two distinct drivers for each version, I'd suggest selecting depending on which computers will use it. If you only have Windows 7 in 64-bit, then use that driver. However, if you have a mixed environment with various x64 versions of Windows, I would suggestrslyghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08901992599054849382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1431004196836508211.post-20453962919395539072010-10-05T11:01:31.679-05:002010-10-05T11:01:31.679-05:00Thank you for posting this. Prior to finding your...Thank you for posting this. Prior to finding your post, I used a slightly different method that I was unable to document due to time pressure. I am working on the documentation now.<br />My question is, did you use the Windows 7 x64 driver or the Windows Server 2003 x64 driver?The Moosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12845184343420699505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1431004196836508211.post-15533169731957644222010-06-25T12:29:37.581-05:002010-06-25T12:29:37.581-05:00You're welcome. I spent too much time sorting ...You're welcome. I spent too much time sorting out how to get it to work not to share it. I'm glad it was usefulrslyghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08901992599054849382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1431004196836508211.post-87973708542750577982010-06-25T09:57:42.308-05:002010-06-25T09:57:42.308-05:00Thanks a lot for putting this online.Thanks a lot for putting this online.Fa3ienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00794761263395136266noreply@blogger.com