Check the box with appropriate architecture type.
Go to properties -> Sharing Tab -> Additional drivers.Open the printer required to add the 32-bit.On any one of the clients machine running 32-bit OS.Login using a domain administrator account to a 32 bit machine.
Installing 32 Bit printer drivers on a 64 Bit server:
You can also take advantage of this method to install inbox 32-bit drivers, where the print server doesn’t have an inbox driver for the printer, but a later version of the OS has the required drivers inbuilt. Only if an inbox driver is not available will it prompt for the driver location. If available, it will install the driver without any further prompts. When you install remotely by connecting through UNC, it first looks for the driver in the local driver store. See the section onĪ great scenario to use the remote install option is when you don’t have the OEM version of the 圆4 driver available or if you prefer to install the inbox drivers instead. If it does not the clients may not be able to download the driver and print successfully. Note: When you add the driver directly it doesn’t check if the driver matches the existing x86 version. Using this option add the required driver by choosing the appropriate architecture type. Go to File-> Server Properties -> Drivers Connect to the print server using the UNC path ( This account has to have administrative privileges on the 32-bit print server as well.Ģ.
Logon to the 64-bit server with an Administrator account. You can also perform the above steps remotely from another machine by connecting to the print server using the UNC pathĪnother option is to install the driver remotely using theġ. This should install the additional 圆4 drivers required for the 圆4 clients to print through the x86 servers. When prompted, point to the location of the 圆4 driver. Choose 圆4 as the processor type and click OK.ĥ. Go to the properties of the print queue for which you intend to add the 圆4 driver.Ĥ. Installing 64-bit printer drivers on a 32-bit server:Ģ. Installing 64-bit printer drivers on a 32-bit server) (I’ll also be enumerating the steps implemented vice-versa i.e. We will also discuss a common issue that we see during installation. This requires the 64-bit print server to have 32-bit printer drivers installed.įollowing are the steps to install 64-bit printer drivers on a 32-bit server. When we deploy a 64-bit print server which is to cater to 32-bit clients, usually the clients use the point and print functionality to connect to the desired print queue on the print server and drivers are mapped. We are specifically dealing with Print server in this article.
The OS on the client machines could be either 32-bit or 64-bit depending in the customer’s environment and requirements. With advancing technology and increasing demand for resources, many enterprises are now opting for 64-bit operating systems on their servers. Installing Windows Vista Print Drivers on Windows Server 2003 This is in continuation of the topic discussed by John Dickson in his blog post entitled First published on TECHNET on Jan 18, 2010