HP Laser wont accept driver on Server2008x64

[skoch]

ello everyone!

I hope you can help me.
I have the following problem:
My LaserJet 3200 is connected to the server (WinServer 2008 x64) via USB.
I need to share this Printer to all clients in the network which all have XP32-Bit Prof. So I shared it to all usershttp://www.vistax64.com/#.
On the server the printer role is already installed as well as AD and Hyper-V.
When I try to install additional drivers for the Clients the server give me two errors:

"Unable to install HP Universal Printing PCL 5, Type 3 - User Mode, x86 driver. Operation could not be completed (error 0x00000002)"

and

"Failed to add driver. Operation could not be completed (error 0x00000578)"

google doesnt help and a solution is yet nowhere to be found

I already read an older article on this forum - it's written to diable UAC - but the problem persists.

Do you have any advice for me

Most Kind Regards

-Stefan

 

[RSchwarz]

Make sure the x86 drivers are available on the network. What is happening is the printer is trying to hand out x64 drivers only.

 

[skoch]

Hello Everyone! Hello BSchwarz!

I got it working now, and you are right!

For everyone having the same problem as me, here's a short comprehension of what to do:

What I did:

-copy the HP-Files from a x86 Vista (\\VISTA\c$\windows\system32\driverstore\filerepository\prnhp001) to the server 2008 x64 machine
-open the printmanagement.msc
-open the drivers section
-add the x86 driver pointing to the files copied from the vista x86 machine
-add printer on XP 32-Bit via Ip-Adress
and there it is!

Kind Regards

-Stefan