Vista x64 cannot connect to Windows 2003 x86 printer share

Hi All,

I'm trying to access 64bit printer share that have been installed on a
Windows 2003 x86 server to my Vista Ultimate x64, but I continually
get "Windows cannot connect to the printer. Operation could not be
completed. (error 0x0000007e)". I have added the x64 drivers by doing
the following:

From my Vista x64 machine, surf to the \\server\printers. Right
clicked and went to server properties. On the driver tab, added a new
x64 driver. Pointed to the fresh downloaded driver for HP LaserJet
4250 made May 6th. After doing this, I still get that error message
above when I try to add the printer share to my Vista machine.

Any suggestions?

 

Might be an obvious suggestion......

Did you run the file first to install it before trying to setup the
print. If you are pointing your setup to the actual file you download
from HP then it's no wonder it's not working as it's an executable file
(.exe) which contains the printer drivers. The drivers themselves have
to be "unpacked" from the exe file and then installed on the server.

 

Hi Propman,

I have sucessfully extracted and installed the drivers into the
server. The problem is when getting the clients to attach/install to
the printer shares this message comes up.

 

Sorry not much use then.....and a little out of my depth to continue
without a lot of Google'ing on my part!

Might want to try posting your query to.......

microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing

.........seems like there some rascals in that newsgroup who really know
their stuff. I'm subscribed to that newsgroup and so will be keeping an
eye out for further developments if you do decide to post there.

 

something about the driver is still missing

winerror 0x0000007e
126 ERROR_MOD_NOT_FOUND <--> 0xc0000135 STATUS_DLL_NOT_FOUND


the driver names must match exactly. For the most part HP has this figured
out.


You can work around the issue by creating a local printer on the x64
machine. Create a Local Port in the name
\\server\printsharename

use the x64 driver you already have



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Hi Propman,

I have sucessfully extracted and installed the drivers into the
server. The problem is when getting the clients to attach/install to
the printer shares this message comes up.