Sharing a printer attached to an XP machine on Vista

> I haven’t tried this but I’ve been told it has worked for some people with
> incompatible printers.
>
> Unless Vista has the necessary drivers, the Add Printer wizard in Vista
> insists on retrieving the driver for a network printer from the computer to
> which the printer is connected. Since you can’t install the Vista driver on a
> WinXP computer, that means that Vista fails to connect to the network printer.
>
> You need to fool Vista into thinking that the network printer is actually a
> local one, so that you can install the driver directly on your Vista computer.
>
> Download the Vista printer driver and install it on the Vista computer.
> You’ll be prompted to connect the printer to your computer. Choose the option
> to proceed with the installation WITHOUT connecting the printer.
>
> Once installed, open Printers in Control Panel, right-click on the printer
> and choose Properties. Go to the Ports Tab, click Add Port…, select Local
> Port, then click New Port…
> For the Port Name enter exactly the network path and share name of your
> printer, click OK, and double-check that this new port is selected with the
> checkbox next to it. Click OK to close the printer properties.
>
> "pareez" wrote:
>

> > I'm trying to share a printer that's attached to an XP Pro machine on Vista
> > Home Premium. Vista finds the shared printer no problem but tries to get the
> > printer driver from the XP machine. I can't add the Vista driver for this
> > printer on the XP machine and it seems like there's no way to specify in
> > Vista what driver to use for the printer during installation. Any
> > suggestions?