Can't get updated printer drivers

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Matthew Kyle

Hello-

I'm trying to get a few of my cleints updated to the latest network printer
driver. I have deleted the printer from the clients and added it again to
attempt to get the latest drivers. This is not working. Besides deleting
the network printer from "Printers and Faxes" is there some other files that
need to be removed? My Windows SBS 2003 server and most of my other clients
have the latest drivers. But there are a few clients that I just can't get
updated.

Thanks.

Matthew Kyle
 
you will need to delete the print drivers that are installed on the clients
before making the new connection. I'm guessing you are having an issue with
HP drivers.

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Actually, the drivers are for a KIP large format LED printer.

How do I delete the drivers? That's where I'm lost. I assume that I would
not do it through "Server Properties" in the "Printers and Faxes" window.
Where else should I look?

Thanks.
 
You can do this from Server Properties on the remote machine or with scripts

One issue I have experienced is UI components loaded by explorer as well as
files in use by the spooler which prevent the driver deletion. Sometimes I
have to stop the spooler before the driver will delete, other times I need
to terminate explorer to delete the drivers.

prndrvr.vbs to delete the drivers remotely

prndrvr -d -m "driver name" -v 3 -e "Windows NT x86" -s remotemachine


you can also use rundll32

for help on supported operations

rundll32 printui,PrintUIEntry /?


Remove printer driver:
rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /dd /K /c\\machine /m "AGFA-AccuSet v52.3"
/h "Windows NT x86" /v 3

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Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
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http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1

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