Re: Changing printer driver name

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From: Louis Levine (llevine_at_nospam-ngpsoftware.com)
Date: 05/18/04 

Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 11:56:57 -0400

Here is what I have:

On server:
2000/XP driver: HP LaserJet 4200 PCL 6
98/ME driver: HP LaserJet 4200 PCL6

On Client:
2000/XP driver: HP LaserJet 4200 PCL 6
98/ME driver: HP LaserJet 4200 PCL 6

The client's driver for 98/ME has a different name than the server's driver.
That is no problem to deal with. But if i do the printer name substitution,
it will cause me to break the mapping for the 2000/XP driver.

That's why I want to rename the actual driver on the server, so it mirrors
that of the client. Or is the alternative to find same driver that the
client installed?

Thanks,
Louis

"Vera Noest [MVP]" <vera.noest@remove-this.hem.utfors.se> wrote in message
news:Xns94ECEF9F6F35Fveranoesthemutforsse@207.46.248.16...
> No, the solution is to create the "translation table", i.e. a
> custom ntprintsubs.inf. Why didn't that work? Any error messages?
> Anything in the EventLog?
> You can translate every printer driver to the same driver on your
> server.
>
> "HP LaserJet 4200 PCL6" = "HP LaserJet"
> "HP LaserJet 4200 PCL 6" = "HP LaserJet"
> "HP LaserJet Series PCL 6" = "HP LaserJet"
>
> Check here for more info:
> http://www.printingsupport.com/matrix.htm
>
> --
> Vera Noest
> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
> http://hem.fyristorg.com/vera/IT
> --- please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ---
>
> "Louis Levine" <llevine@nospam-ngpsoftware.com> wrote in
> news:OobUDHFPEHA.3420@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl:
>
> > I am trying to use the HP LaserJet 4200 on a Windows 2003
> > terminal server. The problem is that the driver names are a
> > little screwy. For the Windows 2000/XP driver, it's HP LaserJet
> > 4200 PCL 6, and for 98/ME it's HP LaserJet 4200 PCL6. I would
> > like them to be the same.
> >
> > I attempted to apply the fix in article 239088 (add a file that
> > specifies the driver mappings) but that didn't solve the
> > problem. Only one of them will work.
> >
> > Is there a way I can change the name of the driver, as it's
> > interpreted by the OS?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Louis

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