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Printer installs locally but not over network.
I have a Canon i560 printer that is hooked up to a box running XP Pro SP3. My main system, running Windows 7 can see "printer on XP box" but when it tried to find a driver for it (including searching windows update) if fails.
For curiosity's sake, I plugged the printer in locally and after a bit of searching (windows update) it found a driver and installed it no problem.
I then took hooked the printer back up to the XP box and ran through the "add a printer" once more to no avail!
My main rig is running Windows 7 x64. My tablet running Windows 7 x86 had no issue picking up the networked printer and finding a driver to install. I just don't get why it can see it locally but not otherwise.
Where does windows 7 stash driver files is pulls from windows update? If I knew that, I could force an install of the driver when going through the wizard.