Change driver of network printer on local machine?

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We have a bunch of computers in the office which connect to a Win2003SBS.

We have two Brother laser printers on our network.

Is it possible for my computer to use a different printer driver for one of
the printers or would I need our network consultant to login to the server
and change the driver?

The reason I ask is because there's two types of drivers.. PCL and
BR-SCRIPT. The PCL offers more features. I'd like to start taking advantage
of them.

One of the features is a macro feature, which can store stuff in the printer
memory, such as a letterhead you use often, so when you print something on
the letterhead it'll print faster because that portion of your document is
already in memory.
 
We have a bunch of computers in the office which connect to a Win2003SBS.

We have two Brother laser printers on our network.

Is it possible for my computer to use a different printer driver for one of
the printers or would I need our network consultant to login to the server
and change the driver?

The reason I ask is because there's two types of drivers.. PCL and
BR-SCRIPT. The PCL offers more features. I'd like to start taking advantage
of them.

One of the features is a macro feature, which can store stuff in the printer
memory, such as a letterhead you use often, so when you print something on
the letterhead it'll print faster because that portion of your document is
already in memory.
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You will need to deal with the network people. If the printers are
"stand alone", you may be able to use just local drivers, etc.
If the printers use the network servers for queues, the queues may be
added.

Storing stuff on the printer in a queued situation may be difficult to
accomplish, unless it is added at the beginning of a "job", and removed
at the end. Printer control sequences to use the stored info can also be
somewhat of a problem. The standard drivers and queue software & setup
may not be able to accomodate such things.

In other-words, you have a unique situation to some extent, due to your
network configuration and hardware combination. In the old days, a
programmer on the network staff would be assigned the task. Today, I
have no idea who in your organization might be willing and able.

If there is a cost saving, or improved use of existing resources, there
may be some internal support available in larger corporations.
 
you can get the ip address of the printer and install it as a local printer
with the driver of your choosing.

start/settings/printers right click the printer and select properties
click on Ports tab note the IP address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
 
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