I have a home network here of 3 PCs - mine was Vista Home Premium 32 - my brother's still Vista 32 - my sister's Win XP 32. I have a Canon iP4500 printer which I shared over the LAN (and it was easy to do so) but I've upgraded to Windows 7 64bit and setting up the printer sharing is a nightmare. I've emailed Canon and they replied that the ip4500 is not a network printer (whatever that means!) and pointed me to a file download. No instructions were included so I downloaded and ran the file but I see no difference at all - no extra options and still no printer sharing.
Obviously I've sent Canon and rather terse reply - I've got a camera, printer and scanner from them and this is the first time Ive had to trouble them for help and this is the level of support I get!
> I have a home network here of 3 PCs - mine was Vista Home Premium 32 - my > brother's still Vista 32 - my sister's Win XP 32. > I have a Canon iP4500 printer which I shared over the LAN (and it was easy > to do so) but I've upgraded to Windows 7 64bit > and setting up the printer sharing is a nightmare. I've emailed Canon and > they replied that the ip4500 is not a network printer (whatever that > means!) and pointed me to a file download. No instructions were included > so I downloaded and ran the file but I see no difference at all - no extra > options and still no printer sharing.
> Obviously I've sent Canon and rather terse reply - I've got a camera, > printer and scanner from them and this is the first time Ive had to > trouble them for help and this is the level of support I get!
> Can you guys help please?
Just to clarify the Canon iP4500 is connected by USB to your comp which is now running Win 7.
Are you wireless or wired LAN.
A network printer is one that either connects to the LAN by wire or has a warless card inside so it needs no physical connection from any comp.
>> I have a home network here of 3 PCs - mine was Vista Home Premium 32 - my >> brother's still Vista 32 - my sister's Win XP 32. >> I have a Canon iP4500 printer which I shared over the LAN (and it was >> easy to do so) but I've upgraded to Windows 7 64bit >> and setting up the printer sharing is a nightmare. I've emailed Canon and >> they replied that the ip4500 is not a network printer (whatever that >> means!) and pointed me to a file download. No instructions were included >> so I downloaded and ran the file but I see no difference at all - no >> extra options and still no printer sharing.
>> Obviously I've sent Canon and rather terse reply - I've got a camera, >> printer and scanner from them and this is the first time Ive had to >> trouble them for help and this is the level of support I get!
>> Can you guys help please?
> Just to clarify the Canon iP4500 is connected by USB to your comp which is > now running Win 7.
> Are you wireless or wired LAN.
> A network printer is one that either connects to the LAN by wire or has a > warless card inside so it needs no physical connection from any comp.
>> I have a home network here of 3 PCs - mine was Vista Home Premium 32 - my >> brother's still Vista 32 - my sister's Win XP 32. >> I have a Canon iP4500 printer which I shared over the LAN (and it was >> easy to do so) but I've upgraded to Windows 7 64bit >> and setting up the printer sharing is a nightmare. I've emailed Canon and >> they replied that the ip4500 is not a network printer (whatever that >> means!) and pointed me to a file download. No instructions were included >> so I downloaded and ran the file but I see no difference at all - no >> extra options and still no printer sharing.
>> Obviously I've sent Canon and rather terse reply - I've got a camera, >> printer and scanner from them and this is the first time Ive had to >> trouble them for help and this is the level of support I get!
>> Can you guys help please?
> Just to clarify the Canon iP4500 is connected by USB to your comp which is > now running Win 7.
> Are you wireless or wired LAN.
> A network printer is one that either connects to the LAN by wire or has a > warless card inside so it needs no physical connection from any comp.
> How is yours connected.
thanks Jef - yes the iP4500 is connected to my PC by USB cable and the network is wired via a Linksys router. I've 64 bit drivers installed that came with Win7 and there is an option to install x86 drivers but when I try that option and browse to the Installation CD that came with the Printer I hit a brick wall - it just cannot find or install drivers. The file that Canon directed me to isnt a driver file - its vaguely says something about added functionality but its doesnt seem to do a damn thing.
>>> I have a home network here of 3 PCs - mine was Vista Home Premium 32 - >>> my brother's still Vista 32 - my sister's Win XP 32. >>> I have a Canon iP4500 printer which I shared over the LAN (and it was >>> easy to do so) but I've upgraded to Windows 7 64bit >>> and setting up the printer sharing is a nightmare. I've emailed Canon >>> and they replied that the ip4500 is not a network printer (whatever that >>> means!) and pointed me to a file download. No instructions were included >>> so I downloaded and ran the file but I see no difference at all - no >>> extra options and still no printer sharing.
>>> Obviously I've sent Canon and rather terse reply - I've got a camera, >>> printer and scanner from them and this is the first time Ive had to >>> trouble them for help and this is the level of support I get!
>>> Can you guys help please?
>> Just to clarify the Canon iP4500 is connected by USB to your comp which >> is now running Win 7.
>> Are you wireless or wired LAN.
>> A network printer is one that either connects to the LAN by wire or has a >> warless card inside so it needs no physical connection from any comp.
>> How is yours connected.
> thanks Jef - yes the iP4500 is connected to my PC by USB cable and the > network is wired via a Linksys router. > I've 64 bit drivers installed that came with Win7 and there is an option > to install x86 drivers but when I try that option and browse to the > Installation CD that came with the Printer I hit a brick wall - it just > cannot find or install drivers. The file that Canon directed me to isnt a > driver file - its vaguely says something about added functionality but its > doesnt seem to do a damn thing.
>>>> I have a home network here of 3 PCs - mine was Vista Home Premium 32 - >>>> my brother's still Vista 32 - my sister's Win XP 32. >>>> I have a Canon iP4500 printer which I shared over the LAN (and it was >>>> easy to do so) but I've upgraded to Windows 7 64bit >>>> and setting up the printer sharing is a nightmare. I've emailed Canon >>>> and they replied that the ip4500 is not a network printer (whatever >>>> that means!) and pointed me to a file download. No instructions were >>>> included so I downloaded and ran the file but I see no difference at >>>> all - no extra options and still no printer sharing.
>>>> Obviously I've sent Canon and rather terse reply - I've got a camera, >>>> printer and scanner from them and this is the first time Ive had to >>>> trouble them for help and this is the level of support I get!
>>>> Can you guys help please?
>>> Just to clarify the Canon iP4500 is connected by USB to your comp which >>> is now running Win 7.
>>> Are you wireless or wired LAN.
>>> A network printer is one that either connects to the LAN by wire or has >>> a warless card inside so it needs no physical connection from any comp.
>>> How is yours connected.
>> thanks Jef - yes the iP4500 is connected to my PC by USB cable and the >> network is wired via a Linksys router. >> I've 64 bit drivers installed that came with Win7 and there is an option >> to install x86 drivers but when I try that option and browse to the >> Installation CD that came with the Printer I hit a brick wall - it just >> cannot find or install drivers. The file that Canon directed me to isnt a >> driver file - its vaguely says something about added functionality but >> its doesnt seem to do a damn thing.
Thanks but that's the file Canon support directed me to. "This product is a module that expands the functionality of the printer driver for Canon Inkjet printers as included in Windows 7." Except it doesn't do damn thing as far as I can see and certainly doesn't fix my problem. Sorry - I'm just getting very frustrated with Windows 7. Im seeing very little benefit of it over Vista and so far several changes are for the worse. If I cannot sort this printer problem out I'll probably end up ditching it and reinstalling Vista.
>>>>> I have a home network here of 3 PCs - mine was Vista Home Premium 32 - >>>>> my brother's still Vista 32 - my sister's Win XP 32. >>>>> I have a Canon iP4500 printer which I shared over the LAN (and it was >>>>> easy to do so) but I've upgraded to Windows 7 64bit >>>>> and setting up the printer sharing is a nightmare. I've emailed Canon >>>>> and they replied that the ip4500 is not a network printer (whatever >>>>> that means!) and pointed me to a file download. No instructions were >>>>> included so I downloaded and ran the file but I see no difference at >>>>> all - no extra options and still no printer sharing.
>>>>> Obviously I've sent Canon and rather terse reply - I've got a camera, >>>>> printer and scanner from them and this is the first time Ive had to >>>>> trouble them for help and this is the level of support I get!
>>>>> Can you guys help please?
>>>> Just to clarify the Canon iP4500 is connected by USB to your comp which >>>> is now running Win 7.
>>>> Are you wireless or wired LAN.
>>>> A network printer is one that either connects to the LAN by wire or has >>>> a warless card inside so it needs no physical connection from any comp.
>>>> How is yours connected.
>>> thanks Jef - yes the iP4500 is connected to my PC by USB cable and the >>> network is wired via a Linksys router. >>> I've 64 bit drivers installed that came with Win7 and there is an option >>> to install x86 drivers but when I try that option and browse to the >>> Installation CD that came with the Printer I hit a brick wall - it just >>> cannot find or install drivers. The file that Canon directed me to isnt >>> a driver file - its vaguely says something about added functionality but >>> its doesnt seem to do a damn thing.
> Thanks but that's the file Canon support directed me to. > "This product is a module that expands the functionality of the printer > driver for Canon Inkjet printers as included in Windows 7." > Except it doesn't do damn thing as far as I can see and certainly doesn't > fix my problem. > Sorry - I'm just getting very frustrated with Windows 7. Im seeing very > little benefit of it over Vista > and so far several changes are for the worse. If I cannot sort this > printer problem out I'll probably end up ditching it and reinstalling > Vista.
Canons site aimed me to that one. Thats the problem with a new OS you might recall that when Vista appeared. I was going to go with 7 when I bought a new Dell recently but decided to give Vista a go and its bloody good I must say. I'll wait another year or 2 for 7 then.
On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:51:11 -0000, "Sleepy" <nos...@here.com> wrote: > Hi guys n gals
>I have a home network here of 3 PCs - mine was Vista Home Premium 32 - my >brother's still Vista 32 - my sister's Win XP 32. >I have a Canon iP4500 printer which I shared over the LAN (and it was easy >to do so) but I've upgraded to Windows 7 64bit >and setting up the printer sharing is a nightmare. I've emailed Canon and >they replied that the ip4500 is not a network printer (whatever that means!) >and pointed me to a file download. No instructions were included so I >downloaded and ran the file but I see no difference at all - no extra >options and still no printer sharing.
>Obviously I've sent Canon and rather terse reply - I've got a camera, >printer and scanner from them and this is the first time Ive had to trouble >them for help and this is the level of support I get!
>Can you guys help please?
Does the printer work locally? If so, sharing the printer is a function of windows, not the printer driver. I have Win 7 loaded, guess I can take a look to see what you have to do to share a printer...
OK if you go to control panel, open Network and Sharing Center, click "advanced sharing settings", check "turn on file and printer sharing" if not already checked.
Under Start menu, open "Devices and Printers" Right click on your printer select "Printer Properties" select "sharing" tab Check "share printer"
On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:51:11 -0000, "Sleepy" <nos...@here.com> wrote: > Hi guys n gals
>I have a home network here of 3 PCs - mine was Vista Home Premium 32 - my >brother's still Vista 32 - my sister's Win XP 32. >I have a Canon iP4500 printer which I shared over the LAN (and it was easy >to do so) but I've upgraded to Windows 7 64bit >and setting up the printer sharing is a nightmare. I've emailed Canon and >they replied that the ip4500 is not a network printer (whatever that means!) >and pointed me to a file download. No instructions were included so I >downloaded and ran the file but I see no difference at all - no extra >options and still no printer sharing.
>Obviously I've sent Canon and rather terse reply - I've got a camera, >printer and scanner from them and this is the first time Ive had to trouble >them for help and this is the level of support I get!
>Can you guys help please?
This is how I got Vista printing on an XP machine.
> OK if you go to control panel, open Network and Sharing Center, click > "advanced sharing settings", check "turn on file and printer sharing" > if not already checked.
> Under Start menu, open "Devices and Printers" > Right click on your printer > select "Printer Properties" > select "sharing" tab > Check "share printer"
It was that easy on Vista but not on Windows 7 (or at least the 64-bit version). I think essentially I need to install 32bit drivers for this printer for Windows 7 to share it with 32bit computers over the LAN and so far I've been unable to do that.
> "Ingvald44" <no...@nowhere.com> wrote in message > news:5f7me5pckm91ihv2e03151lid1rkcugpj1@4ax.com... >> OK if you go to control panel, open Network and Sharing Center, click >> "advanced sharing settings", check "turn on file and printer sharing" >> if not already checked.
>> Under Start menu, open "Devices and Printers" >> Right click on your printer >> select "Printer Properties" >> select "sharing" tab >> Check "share printer"
> It was that easy on Vista but not on Windows 7 (or at least the 64-bit > version). > I think essentially I need to install 32bit drivers for this printer for > Windows 7 to share it with > 32bit computers over the LAN and so far I've been unable to do that.
yeah - essentially I need to install the x86 (or 32bit) drivers for this printer on my PC (Windows 7 64bit) but the drivers come in a self-installing exe that is incompatible with 64bit and won't run. Tried extracting the files manually with WinRAR and Universal Extractor but that just gives me a bunch of incomplete files e.g. CNB_3260.TB_ (which is useless)
>> "Ingvald44" <no...@nowhere.com> wrote in message >> news:5f7me5pckm91ihv2e03151lid1rkcugpj1@4ax.com... >>> OK if you go to control panel, open Network and Sharing Center, click >>> "advanced sharing settings", check "turn on file and printer sharing" >>> if not already checked.
>>> Under Start menu, open "Devices and Printers" >>> Right click on your printer >>> select "Printer Properties" >>> select "sharing" tab >>> Check "share printer"
>> It was that easy on Vista but not on Windows 7 (or at least the 64-bit >> version). >> I think essentially I need to install 32bit drivers for this printer for >> Windows 7 to share it with >> 32bit computers over the LAN and so far I've been unable to do that.
> yeah - essentially I need to install the x86 (or 32bit) drivers for this > printer on my PC > (Windows 7 64bit) but the drivers come in a self-installing exe that is > incompatible with 64bit and won't run. > Tried extracting the files manually with WinRAR and Universal Extractor but > that just gives me a > bunch of incomplete files e.g. CNB_3260.TB_ (which is useless)
> On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:51:11 -0000, "Sleepy" <nos...@here.com> wrote:
>> Hi guys n gals
>>I have a home network here of 3 PCs - mine was Vista Home Premium 32 - my >>brother's still Vista 32 - my sister's Win XP 32. >>I have a Canon iP4500 printer which I shared over the LAN (and it was easy >>to do so) but I've upgraded to Windows 7 64bit >>and setting up the printer sharing is a nightmare. I've emailed Canon and >>they replied that the ip4500 is not a network printer (whatever that >>means!) >>and pointed me to a file download. No instructions were included so I >>downloaded and ran the file but I see no difference at all - no extra >>options and still no printer sharing.
>>Obviously I've sent Canon and rather terse reply - I've got a camera, >>printer and scanner from them and this is the first time Ive had to >>trouble >>them for help and this is the level of support I get!
>>Can you guys help please?
> This is how I got Vista printing on an XP machine.
Thanks very much for all the help guys but I've finally given up and reinstalled Vista. Got printer and file sharing going in 5 minutes easily. I tried doing it from my machine with Win7 64bit and it simply wouldn't accept the Canon 32bit driver because it came as self-installer that wouldn't run on a 64bit system. Approaching the problem from the other end - add Printer and manually specifiy port threw up an error message that the server didn't contain the correct driver. Canon were utterly useless - they gave a bog standard reply to my first email which was worthless and when I replied with even more detail they simply didn't reply. I even phoned Microsoft and spent half an hour talking with a very pleasant Asian gentleman in Pakistan or India who I constantly had to ask to repeat himself because I hadn't a clue what he was saying.
The printer problem has been a real thorn but its not just that. I have a Digital TV card and record programs (Emma, Defying Gravity, Have I got News for You etc) and share them. The new Media Center (which I dont like at all) records in MTV format which wont play back on my sisters XP machine so I'd have to convert them manually to DVR-MS format which is a chore I just don't need. Vista comes with Movie Maker which I can use to edit out the adverts if I want to - with Windows 7 you have to download it separately from Windows Live. I like to see at a glance what folders I have shared but with Windows 7 they've taken that away by removing that icon.
So I'm back on Vista and wondering what to do about my £60 coaster.
Sleepy wrote: > Canon were utterly useless - they gave a bog standard reply to my first > email which was worthless and when I replied with even more detail they > simply didn't reply. I even phoned Microsoft and spent half an hour talking > with a very pleasant Asian gentleman in Pakistan or India who I constantly > had to ask to repeat himself because I hadn't a clue what he was saying.
I don't think the problem is with Canon's drivers. The tech guys just don't have a clue. I was impressed that they had a 64 bit driver for my Canon S800 (circa 2001). HP doesn't have crap in the way of 64 bit drivers, even for newer stuff. I had the Windows 7 beta installed in the summer, but my disk crashed and I figured I'd just wait for the release. I bought a half-price upgrade during the promotional period, but have yet to install. I will need to get a new laser printer with 64 bit drivers, but I really don't print much, and I could easily share a .PDF file with another computer on occasion.
First off, in Windows 7, the default workgroup name changed from "Workgroup." I forget what it is now. Maybe the change happened in Vista, I don't know. Make sure it's the same on all computers.
Second, I don't think you should be trying to install 32 bit drivers on 64 bit computers, and vice versa.
>> Canon were utterly useless - they gave a bog standard reply to my first >> email which was worthless and when I replied with even more detail they >> simply didn't reply. I even phoned Microsoft and spent half an hour >> talking >> with a very pleasant Asian gentleman in Pakistan or India who I >> constantly >> had to ask to repeat himself because I hadn't a clue what he was saying.
> I don't think the problem is with Canon's drivers. The tech guys just > don't > have a clue. I was impressed that they had a 64 bit driver for my Canon > S800 (circa 2001). HP doesn't have crap in the way of 64 bit drivers, > even > for newer stuff. I had the Windows 7 beta installed in the summer, but my > disk crashed and I figured I'd just wait for the release. I bought a > half-price > upgrade during the promotional period, but have yet to install. I will > need to > get a new laser printer with 64 bit drivers, but I really don't print > much, and > I could easily share a .PDF file with another computer on occasion.
> First off, in Windows 7, the default workgroup name changed from > "Workgroup." I forget what it is now. Maybe the change happened in > Vista, I don't know. Make sure it's the same on all computers.
Homegroup is what you're thinking of - and it only works if all the PCs on the network have Windows 7 installed - its a completely unnecessary feature that tries to force you into upgrading all the PCs in a home. No I stuck with the old method of using a WORKGROUP which worked fine for sharing folders. All the PCs - 7, Vista and XP could see each other and share files - I dont need Microsoft Homegroup to set up a simple home LAN.
Also - when you open Windows Explorer you see Favorite folders and Libraries (which are essentially the same thing) and then Homegroup and further down Network - it doubles up on stuff and is messy.
> Second, I don't think you should be trying to install 32 bit drivers on 64 > bit > computers, and vice versa.
Well you'd be wrong - there's a box below the Sharing section to add "Additional Drivers" and when you select it you then see tick boxes for 'Ithanium drivers' (whatever those are) 'X64 drivers' (ticked) and 'X86 drivers' (unticked) - so the option to add 32bit drivers is there.
What I needed was the 32 bit drivers for my 12 month old printer unpacked in one folder so I can select install x86 drivers and when Windows asks for the drivers I browse to the folder - select the inf file and bingo.
Except Canon don't provide their drivers like that anymore - no they come in a self-installing exe which won't run on a 64bit system.
>>>I have a home network here of 3 PCs - mine was Vista Home Premium 32 - my >>>brother's still Vista 32 - my sister's Win XP 32. >>>I have a Canon iP4500 printer which I shared over the LAN (and it was easy >>>to do so) but I've upgraded to Windows 7 64bit >>>and setting up the printer sharing is a nightmare. I've emailed Canon and >>>they replied that the ip4500 is not a network printer (whatever that >>>means!) >>>and pointed me to a file download. No instructions were included so I >>>downloaded and ran the file but I see no difference at all - no extra >>>options and still no printer sharing.
>>>Obviously I've sent Canon and rather terse reply - I've got a camera, >>>printer and scanner from them and this is the first time Ive had to >>>trouble >>>them for help and this is the level of support I get!
>>>Can you guys help please?
>> This is how I got Vista printing on an XP machine.
>Thanks very much for all the help guys but I've finally given up and >reinstalled Vista. Got printer and file sharing going in 5 minutes easily. >I tried doing it from my machine with Win7 64bit and it simply wouldn't >accept the Canon 32bit driver because it came as self-installer that >wouldn't run >on a 64bit system. Approaching the problem from the other end - add Printer >and manually specifiy port threw up an error message that the server didn't >contain the correct driver. Canon were utterly useless - they gave a bog >standard reply to my first email which was worthless and when I replied with >even more detail they simply didn't reply. I even phoned Microsoft and spent >half an hour talking with a very pleasant Asian gentleman in Pakistan or >India who I constantly had to ask to repeat himself because I hadn't a clue >what he was saying.
>The printer problem has been a real thorn but its not just that. I have a >Digital TV card and record programs (Emma, Defying Gravity, Have I got News >for You etc) and share them. The new Media Center (which I dont like at all) >records in MTV format which wont play back on my sisters XP machine so I'd >have to convert them manually to DVR-MS format which is a chore I just don't >need. Vista comes with Movie Maker which I can use to edit out the adverts >if I want to - with Windows 7 you have to download it separately from >Windows Live. I like to see at a glance what folders I have shared but with >Windows 7 they've taken that away by removing that icon.
>So I'm back on Vista and wondering what to do about my £60 coaster.
You know you are correct... I tried sharing my printer on Win 7 64 bit to an xp laptop. Permissions problem with homegroup, Win 7 only wants to share with other win 7 machines. Actually I just did it to see what the problem was. I only use network printers here, no usb or parallel port connections. I truly think that is the way to go anyway, printer always available without any other computer turned on.
Sleepy wrote: > Well you'd be wrong - there's a box below the Sharing section to add > "Additional Drivers" and when you select it you > then see tick boxes for > 'Ithanium drivers' (whatever those are) 'X64 drivers' (ticked) and 'X86 > drivers' (unticked) - so the option to add 32bit drivers is there.
Presumably for the other computers to "download" but can't they be installed directly on the other computers? Well, I'll find out soon enough!
> What I needed was the 32 bit drivers for my 12 month old printer unpacked > in one folder so I can select install x86 drivers and when Windows asks for > the drivers I browse to the folder - select the inf file and bingo.
> Except Canon don't provide their drivers like that anymore - no they come > in a self-installing exe which won't run on a 64bit system.
The .exe doesn't run, but you do have access to the other computers. You can download the program and run the install until the files are unzipped into the TEMP directory and copy them from there. An unnecessary hoop, but not insurmountable. And amazingly, 7-Zip, when instructed to open the archive that same installation program finds only an .icm file, which is an ICC Color profile.
> thanks but as I said - Im back on Vista and everything is set up and working > properly once again. Im a PC and I sure as shit dont want Windows 7.
LOL! I'm a PC and I'm tired of waiting for virtual memory in XP. I have 8 GB of RAM that I actually want to use for some serious multitasking. That's the ONLY reason I'm switching. Ain't there alway growing pains...
>> Well you'd be wrong - there's a box below the Sharing section to add >> "Additional Drivers" and when you select it you > then see tick boxes for >> 'Ithanium drivers' (whatever those are) 'X64 drivers' (ticked) and 'X86 >> drivers' (unticked) - so the option to add 32bit drivers is there.
> Presumably for the other computers to "download" but can't they be > installed directly on the other computers? Well, I'll find out soon > enough!
tried that but when I try to add a printer on the other machine and specify a port they then want to download the drivers from the host machine and throw up an error message that the host machine doesnt contain the correct drivers (the 32bit ones)
I even ran the 32bit installer on the other machines first but Vista and XP dont seem to know they have available drivers before querying the host machine.
I did get a call back from Microsoft this morning (which surprised me - tech support that calls you back to see how you're getting on - whatever next?!) and I explained the problem and that Ive gone back to Vista. I did ask if I could at some point reinstall Windows 7 but using the 32bit disc or was I now commited to 64bit seeing as I'd used the key with the 64bit version and activated it? They said I could use the 32bit version if I wanted to which is a big relief.
So Im going to do some research on the issues that cropped up and maybe try again with Windows 7 in a few weeks.
>>> Well you'd be wrong - there's a box below the Sharing section to add >>> "Additional Drivers" and when you select it you > then see tick boxes for >>> 'Ithanium drivers' (whatever those are) 'X64 drivers' (ticked) and 'X86 >>> drivers' (unticked) - so the option to add 32bit drivers is there.
>> Presumably for the other computers to "download" but can't they be >> installed directly on the other computers? Well, I'll find out soon >> enough!
>tried that but when I try to add a printer on the other machine and specify >a port they then want to download the drivers from the host machine and >throw up an error message that the host machine doesnt contain the correct >drivers (the 32bit ones)
>I even ran the 32bit installer on the other machines first but Vista and XP >dont seem to know they have available drivers before >querying the host machine.
>I did get a call back from Microsoft this morning (which surprised me - tech >support that calls you back to see how you're getting on - whatever next?!) >and I explained the problem and that Ive gone back to Vista. I did ask if I >could at some point reinstall Windows 7 but using the 32bit disc or was I >now commited to 64bit seeing as I'd used the key with the 64bit version and >activated it? They said I could use the 32bit version if I wanted to which >is a big relief.
>So Im going to do some research on the issues that cropped up and maybe try >again with Windows 7 in a few weeks.
What I did in this situation was to browse the network for the printer, then when it balked at the drivers I browsed to drivers folder I'd copied off the original Canon CD, into the Win2000 folder and then into the x64 folder. Those drivers worked fine and now I can print across the network from my W7 x64 machine to the Canon iP4500 on my Windows Server 2003 machine.
> On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 16:34:01 -0000, "Sleepy" <nos...@here.com> wrote: > What I did in this situation was to browse the network for the printer, > then when it balked at the drivers I browsed to drivers folder I'd copied > off the original Canon CD, into the Win2000 folder and then into the x64 > folder. Those drivers worked fine and now I can print across the network > from my W7 x64 machine to the Canon iP4500 on my Windows Server 2003 > machine.
Thanks Michael but I tried that and the drivers on my Canon CD aren't usable - they dont have complete suffix ie .DL_ instead of .DLL
but if you have the 32bit drivers for the iP4500 could you kindly attach them to an email ? bpespley(removethis)@blueyonder.co.uk
Sleepy wrote: > Thanks Michael but I tried that and the drivers on my Canon CD aren't usable - they dont have complete suffix > ie .DL_ instead of .DLL
> perfect - if I'd known this a week ago I'd have had that printer up and > networked. Thanks.
LOL - I finally get a reply from Canon this morning and its the same shit they gave me the first time that this is not a network printer and they do not support it as such. I sent back a reply explaining the answer and threw a couple of choice adjectives too.
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