Printer drivers & TSE server

[Aswex]

Hi,

I’ve got an article that describes the entire step to install network printer on TSE server. I am wondering if you can comment the reason of one particular step.

So I have a TSE server (Win 2000) and a printer server (Win 2003)

1: from the TSE server go on Run and open the printer server

2: double click on the shared printers you want to install

3: Get back on the TSE “Printers and Faxes” from the “Server Properties” go on the “drivers” tab and “Add” the printer driver

4: Now use the driver for the auto created printer

I have done all the steps and made some research about all of this but I am still wondering why do I have to install the driver on the TSE server?

thanks

[nmX.Memnoch]

The driver only has to be installed for printers that Windows 2000 doesn't have drivers for. If the driver isn't there then it won't be able to auto-create the printer when a client connects.

[Aswex]

Hi nmX.Memnoch,

When you have an auto created network printer on your desktop you never had to add any driver as the driver is comming from your print server, so it's exactly the same thing with a network printer install on TSE server, don't you think ?

Notice : Windows 2000/2003/XP don't have the driver by default.

I made some test and I am quit lost. I still can print even if I do not install the driver so what the step 3 stand for ?

Thanks