New Win7 computers won't connect to shared printers

I said it didn't have to be fancy, but I think this issue has really frazzled you.

When I opened the doc you attached, I see the pic I posted.

Win7 is actually a pretty good OS - it's just different from our years of experience. It took me two months to figure out how to do things that I could do blindefolded in XP or Vista. Once I got over the learning curve (it's a long and windy road..) I like the way MS chose to do things in Win7 - hated it for two months.... but that was then.

Lots of things are in alternate menus now (right click -> alternate menus)

Re AutoCAD 2009

I caught something about a patch, but lost closed the page and couldn't find it for specifics. So I'll just ask if your ACAD is up to date: Autodesk - Autodesk AutoCAD Services & Support - Updates & Service Packs


When I was trying to locate the page I closed, I also came across this: Autodesk - Autodesk AutoCAD Services & Support - Windows 7 Support for AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT

Which basically says AutoDesk doen't support ACAD 2009 on Windows 7, but then mentions running ACAD in compatibility mode (emulated XP)

Thanks, I'll refocus on the printer network. Maybe a new thread for the ACAD issue.

Any progress on the rest of the network after your initial success with the two Win7 machines?

I would hold off on the Xerox until everything else is in order.

The Win7 32 bit is E5410 right?

I almost suggested scrubber, but decided against adding another variable to solving the issue(s).

A restore point will get you back without much effort.

About the Xerox universal driver - it claims that it provides driver support not only for Xerox. We'll both have to read more, but my thinking is that if it sees other printers, it might try to install a driver for that printer. I could be wrong on that so enjoy your day "off" - I'll read up.

If there's a eureka!, I'll post it.

Lots of reading, no eureka.

I did find a related driver on the Xerox site: Mobile Print Driver - Xerox
The Global driver seems more suited to a print server, although the documentation does not stipulate that.
The major difference I saw between the Global (X-GPD) and Mobile (X-MED) driver is when Printer drivers are acutlaly installed
Global - at install time
Mobile - at print time

I cobbled together installation instructions for X-GPD on Win7, although I have no way of testing

I highlighted things I thought were important. The install reference wasn't clear to me at the Have Disk step. I understand that it's telling the reader to open an inf file - the name of the inf file isn't clear or where that inf file is located. I did some testing and when I got to that point, the browse window open in Windows\system32.. not Windows\inf - it's probably a last used queue thing.

I could test any further since I don't have the same network, devices, or driver(s).


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There's nothing in this post that you need to act upon - I put it here so I didn't lose the thoughts.

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There are different bitdepth versions. Also I noticed that the Download from web not only includes all PDL but seems to include Mobile.

From the Xerox download page

Install from Web
PCL | PostScript | V3 Driver | WHQL | Global | Mobile

GPD
64 bit: Global Print Driver Drivers & Downloads
Install from Web: Global Print Driver File Download

GPD
32 bit: Global Print Driver Drivers & Downloads
Install from Web: Global Print Driver File Download

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MED
64 bit: Mobile Express Driver Drivers & Downloads
MED
32 bit: Mobile Express Driver Drivers & Downloads

There are always caveats with universal drivers.

In my "light" reading today, I came across an analysis of universal drivers written in 2010. It compared HP and Xerox universal and said pretty much what you said - they ain't all that universal. But in a pinch or without a printer specific driver it might be all you get. No, I'm not suggesting the HP universal driver.... Nooooooo

How about trying to get the HP Small Format Plotter (ethernet) talking to win 7 boxes next?

I don't know why it is this way, but Chev65 pointed to Jimbo's post (poodle faking) and the Xerox doc reinforces that information. My post above shows a local printer port configured with TCP/IP (poodle fake?). I'm guessing all you need is the correct driver for that printer
(since you have two machines, you'll need both 32 & 64 bit drivers for Win 7)

So to recap...
You have E5410 (Win7 laptop) printing to the HP Inkjet connected via USB to OPT7010 (Win7 Desktop).
There are no error msgs and there are no alerts ()