Trying to add printer on another networked system. Things seem to go ok
until 'Connect to Printer: You are about to ..... viruses or scripts.....'
Enter "Yes" and "Windows cannot connect to the printer. The driver that
you are trying to install is not compatible with Windows XP."

What the heck does this mean? Any printer used with XP must be on
another XP machine? Any help?

Other computer: WinNT workstation with HP DeskJet710C

stevek wrote:

> Trying to add printer on another networked system. Things seem to go
> ok until 'Connect to Printer: You are about to ..... viruses or
> scripts.....' Enter "Yes" and "Windows cannot connect to the printer.
> The driver that you are trying to install is not compatible with
> Windows XP."
>
> What the heck does this mean? Any printer used with XP must be on
> another XP machine? Any help?
>
> Other computer: WinNT workstation with HP DeskJet710C

The WinNT has Deskjet 710C drivers for WinNT, not XP. The XP computer is
looking for drivers to install on the WinNT machine but they aren't the
right ones. When you go to add the printer on the XP box, don't have it
look for the drivers automatically on the remote computer. Instead,
have it look for drivers locally. The 710C is old and XP probably has
the drivers built in.

Malke
--
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www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

XP does have the driver build in. I can not find a way to get it loaded
however. I have loaded it under local printer but that does me no good.
When I load network printer it automatically tries to load from NT
system and does not give me a way to get it to load from local XP
system. Any ideas?



Malke wrote:
> stevek wrote:
>
>
>>Trying to add printer on another networked system. Things seem to go
>>ok until 'Connect to Printer: You are about to ..... viruses or
>>scripts.....' Enter "Yes" and "Windows cannot connect to the printer.
>>The driver that you are trying to install is not compatible with
>>Windows XP."
>>
>>What the heck does this mean? Any printer used with XP must be on
>>another XP machine? Any help?
>>
>>Other computer: WinNT workstation with HP DeskJet710C
>
>
> The WinNT has Deskjet 710C drivers for WinNT, not XP. The XP computer is
> looking for drivers to install on the WinNT machine but they aren't the
> right ones. When you go to add the printer on the XP box, don't have it
> look for the drivers automatically on the remote computer. Instead,
> have it look for drivers locally. The 710C is old and XP probably has
> the drivers built in.
>
> Malke

stevek wrote:

> XP does have the driver build in. I can not find a way to get it
> loaded however. I have loaded it under local printer but that does me
> no good. When I load network printer it automatically tries to load
> from NT system and does not give me a way to get it to load from local
> XP system. Any ideas?
>>
>> The WinNT has Deskjet 710C drivers for WinNT, not XP. The XP computer
>> is looking for drivers to install on the WinNT machine but they
>> aren't the right ones. When you go to add the printer on the XP box,
>> don't have it look for the drivers automatically on the remote
>> computer. Instead, have it look for drivers locally. The 710C is old
>> and XP probably has the drivers built in.
>>
>> Malke

When you are doing the Add Printer routine, uncheck the box that says to
automatically look for drivers. Or run the HP 710C's installation
locally on the machine first instead of using Add Printer.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

I do not understand what you mean by 'Run the HP 710C's installation
locally on the machine first.'?

Do you mean to install the 710C locally first? Then try to install the
networked printer?



Malke wrote:
> stevek wrote:
>
>
>>XP does have the driver build in. I can not find a way to get it
>>loaded however. I have loaded it under local printer but that does me
>>no good. When I load network printer it automatically tries to load
>>from NT system and does not give me a way to get it to load from local
>>XP system. Any ideas?
>>
>>>The WinNT has Deskjet 710C drivers for WinNT, not XP. The XP computer
>>>is looking for drivers to install on the WinNT machine but they
>>>aren't the right ones. When you go to add the printer on the XP box,
>>>don't have it look for the drivers automatically on the remote
>>>computer. Instead, have it look for drivers locally. The 710C is old
>>>and XP probably has the drivers built in.
>>>
>>>Malke
>
>
> When you are doing the Add Printer routine, uncheck the box that says to
> automatically look for drivers. Or run the HP 710C's installation
> locally on the machine first instead of using Add Printer.
>
> Malke

stevek wrote:

> I do not understand what you mean by 'Run the HP 710C's installation
> locally on the machine first.'?
>
> Do you mean to install the 710C locally first? Then try to install the
> networked printer?

Some of HP's older printers require you to install the drivers on the
local machine first. I believe I had to do this for a 720C.

For further questions regarding printing, you may want to consult the
printing experts in this newsgroup:
microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

Thanks, I appreciate the help.


Malke wrote:

> stevek wrote:
>
>
>>I do not understand what you mean by 'Run the HP 710C's installation
>>locally on the machine first.'?
>>
>>Do you mean to install the 710C locally first? Then try to install the
>>networked printer?
>
>
> Some of HP's older printers require you to install the drivers on the
> local machine first. I believe I had to do this for a 720C.
>
> For further questions regarding printing, you may want to consult the
> printing experts in this newsgroup:
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax
>
> Malke