Microsoft KB Archive/120436

= Installing Non-Native Printer Drivers on a Print Server Fails =

Article ID: 120436

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5

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This article was previously published under Q120436



3.50

WINDOWS

kbprint kbenv kbbug3.50



SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to install a printer driver for a platform other than that of the print server by the following standard procedure:


 * 1) Select Properties from the Printer menu
 * 2) Select Other... from the Driver list
 * 3) Enter the path to the subdirectory on the Windows NT 3.5 CD-ROM for the preferred platform (eg: "F:\MIPS")

Print Manager returns the error message:

Cannot find setup file f:\ \printer.inf.



CAUSE
Print Manager cannot find the setup file PRINTER.INF because it is compressed on the CD-ROM as PRINTER.IN_.

NOTE: A compressed file has the same filename as its original file except that the last letter is replaced with an underscore.



WORKAROUND
The following steps use the example of installing MIPS printer drivers on an 80x86 print server. For other installations, replace "i386" and "w32x86" with the platform of your print server, and replace "MIPS" with the platform of the printer driver you wish to install. These steps also assume the CD-ROM disk drive is drive F:.

 Create a directory on your hard disk, such as C:\DRIVERS\MIPS. Decompress the PRINTER.IN_ file to the C:\DRIVERS\MIPS directory, by executing the command:

F:\I386\EXPAND -R F:\MIPS\PRINTER.IN_ C:\DRIVERS\MIPS

 Look in the %SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32\SPOOL\DRIVERS\W32X86\1 directory to identify what files are necessary, and use EXPAND.EXE to decompress the appropriate files from F:\MIPS to C:\DRIVERS\MIPS. The following command is an example:

EXPAND -R F:\MIPS\PSCRIPT.DL_ C:\DRIVERS\MIPS Select Properties from the Printer menu Select Other... from the Driver list When prompted for a path to the setup files, enter:

PATH C:\DRIVERS\MIPS

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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.5. We are researching this problem and will post new information in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: prodnt alpha

Keywords: KB120436

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