Installing 32-bit printer drivers as 'additional drivers' on x64 2

I have a postscript driver (plugin) that has a combined 64(x64 only, not
Itanium)/32 bit .INF. It installs fine on 64- and 32-bit XP Pro, and 64- and
32-bit server 2003.

However, when I try to add the 32-bit version as an additional driver on the
64-bit 2003 machine, I get an error message "The selected driver must be
installed remotely from an x86 machine running Windows 2000, Windows XP or
Windows Server 2003".

Does this mean I have to use terminal services from an x86 machine to log on
to the 64-bit server 2003 machine and install it on the 2k3 machine?

Or that 32-bit drivers are not supported as 'additional drivers' on x64 2k3?

Or something else?

Thanks,
ScottR

 

Sorry, here is the .INF in question:

; INF file for Xerox Wide Format Print Systems PostScript drivers
; For 500 Series and 8800 Series Printers
;
; Copyright © 2006 Xerox Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
; Copyright protection claimed includes all forms and matters of
; copyrightable material and information now allowed by statutory
; or judicial law or hereinafter granted, including without limitation,
; material generated from the software programs which are displayed on
; the screen such as icons, screen display looks, etc.

[Version]
Signature="$Windows NT$"
Provider=%XEROX%
LayoutFile=ntprint.inf
ClassGUID={4D36E979-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
Class=Printer
DriverVer=6/13/2006,12.0.1
CatalogFile=AccXESPS.cat

[Manufacturer]
"Xerox"
%XEROX%=Xerox, NTamd64

[Xerox]
"Xerox Wide Format Print System 510 Series
PS"=510DP.PS,XeroxWideFormat510sPS_V12.0_36B7
"Xerox Wide Format Print System 8825
PS"=8825.PS,XeroxWideFormat8825PS_V12.0_068A
"Xerox Wide Format Print System 8830
PS"=8830.PS,XeroxWideFormat8830PS_V12.0_034E
"Xerox Wide Format Print System 8850
PS"=8850.PS,XeroxWideFormat8850PS_V12.0_CB69

[Xerox.NTAMD64]
"Xerox Wide Format Print System 510 Series
PS"=510DP.PS,XeroxWideFormat510sPS_V12.0_36B7
"Xerox Wide Format Print System 8825
PS"=8825.PS,XeroxWideFormat8825PS_V12.0_068A
"Xerox Wide Format Print System 8830
PS"=8830.PS,XeroxWideFormat8830PS_V12.0_034E
"Xerox Wide Format Print System 8850
PS"=8850.PS,XeroxWideFormat8850PS_V12.0_CB69

[510DP.PS]
CopyFiles=@XRX510DP.PPD, XESDriverFiles
DataSection=PSCRIPT_DATA
DataFile=XRX510DP.PPD
Include=NTPRINT.INF
Needs=PSCRIPT.OEM

[8825.PS]
CopyFiles=@XRX8825.PPD, XESDriverFiles
DataSection=PSCRIPT_DATA
DataFile=XRX8825.PPD
Include=NTPRINT.INF
Needs=PSCRIPT.OEM

[8830.PS]
CopyFiles=@XRX8830.PPD, XESDriverFiles
DataSection=PSCRIPT_DATA
DataFile=XRX8830.PPD
Include=NTPRINT.INF
Needs=PSCRIPT.OEM

[8850.PS]
CopyFiles=@XRX8850.PPD, XESDriverFiles
DataSection=PSCRIPT_DATA
DataFile=XRX8850.PPD
Include=NTPRINT.INF
Needs=PSCRIPT.OEM

[XESDriverFiles]
AccXESPS.INI
XESPSKM.DLL
XESPSUI.DLL
XESPSDRV.HLP
XESPS32R.DLL
XESUILIB.DLL

[PSCRIPT_DATA]
DriverFile=Pscript5.dll
ConfigFile=Ps5ui.dll
HelpFile=Pscript.hlp


[SourceDisksNames]
1 = ,,,"x86"

[SourceDisksNames.amd64]
1 = ,,,"amd64"

[SourceDisksFiles]
AccXESPS.INI=1
XESPSKM.DLL=1
XESPSUI.DLL=1
XESPSDRV.HLP=1
XESPS32R.DLL=1
XESUILIB.DLL=1
XRX510DP.PPD=1
XRX8825.PPD=1
XRX8830.PPD=1
XRX8850.PPD=1
8830ANSI.FIN
8830ARCH.FIN
8830ISO.FIN

[DestinationDirs]
DefaultDestDir=66000


[ControlFlags]
ExcludeFromSelect=2369

[Strings]
XEROX="Xerox Corporation"

 

Yes, drivers for 64bit Windows must be 64bit.

 

For PRINTER drivers (see the subject of this thread) "additional drivers"
means drivers for other architectures.

So for example, if I have a 64 bit 2k3 server running and 32-bit XP clients,
the server can install and share 32-bit drivers for the XP clients to use.

At least, that's what the documentation says is possible. I am having
problems.

But thanks for the comment anyway.

ScottR

 

This is driver for 32 bit Windows, to be stored on 64 bit server (for remote
installation to 32 bit client machines). What's wrong with that?