Thread: Printer sharing problem

I have a Vista Ultimate x64 machine with my old printer (canon i550) connected. I want to share that printer with another machine on my home network that is running XP x86. I go through all the wizards and I can share files. But when I try to add the printer in XP I keep getting the message: "The server for 'Canon inkjet i550 printer does not have the correct printer driver installed. Then I click on OK to search for the driver and I get "Windows cannot locate a suitable driver.

I have installed the Vista 64 drivers and the XP x86 drivers on the respective machines. I've downloaded the newest drivers from Canon and when I try to add additional drivers to Vista (the x86 driver), I'll direct to it and it gives me the error "The specified location does not contain the driver for the requested processor architecture." But it is the right xp x 86 drivers! I even installed the driver from the Canon disk it came with on the XP machine, hooked it up directly to the xp box and could print just fine. So the correct drivers are installed, but windows tell me otherwise when trying to connect over the network.

Thanks

There may be special drivers for your Canon printer when its connected to a network. Have you tried looking for other types of drivers on the Canon website?

I am having exactly the same problem, except the desktop machine with printer attached has Windows Vista Home x64 installed. This is extremely irritating, and I would also appreciate any insight which others could offer. I could not install the driver over the network so I downloaded the most recent from canon. I point XP to that driver when asked, and it says that it cannot use it! The Vista Home x64 machine is a new machine replacing an older XP machine, and I could share the printer attached to it across the network with no problems. The Vista machine came with free upgrade to Win 7 when released. Makes me wonder what kind of fun I am in for once I install that!