Point and Print updates with Win9x?

Hi all,

My understanding of Point and Print is as follows:

When first printing from a Win9x or Win32 client to a Windows 2000 or
Windows Server 2003 print server, the appropriate driver (if available)
is downloaded from the server.

In addition, when a Win32 client sends a job to the server, the server
compares the client's version of the driver with its own version, and if
the server's is newer than the client's, the server upgrades the driver.

My question is: is there any way to install a newer version of a driver
on Win9x clients on a large network without having to walk around to all
these clients and manually perform the upgrade?

I am curious about the mechanism by which the Win9x driver is first
downloaded to the client and whether this could be exploited in some way
to perform an upgrade. Or any other ideas that might come to mind!

Thanks very much,
- Mark

Mark,

In the Printer's properties dialog box, you have the option called
"Additional Drivers" on the Sharing tab. Select that and choose the OS you
wish to install the latest and greatest driver for. It works the same for
Win9x as it does for Win32. You provide the centralized driver and the
clients will use it.

jh


"Mark Taylor" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:user01.20.mdt-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi all,
>
> My understanding of Point and Print is as follows:
>
> When first printing from a Win9x or Win32 client to a Windows 2000 or
> Windows Server 2003 print server, the appropriate driver (if available)
> is downloaded from the server.
>
> In addition, when a Win32 client sends a job to the server, the server
> compares the client's version of the driver with its own version, and if
> the server's is newer than the client's, the server upgrades the driver.
>
> My question is: is there any way to install a newer version of a driver
> on Win9x clients on a large network without having to walk around to all
> these clients and manually perform the upgrade?
>
> I am curious about the mechanism by which the Win9x driver is first
> downloaded to the client and whether this could be exploited in some way
> to perform an upgrade. Or any other ideas that might come to mind!
>
> Thanks very much,
> - Mark

Hi Joseph,

I knew that this would work for the first installation of a given driver
for a given OS. But my understanding is that if a newer version of that
driver is later released, there is no way to automatically replace the
original version on the Win9x clients with the newer version. (Updates
so work with Win32 clients.) Have I misunderstood?

- Mark

In article <e#(E-Mail Removed)>,
"Joseph J. Hand" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Mark,
>
> In the Printer's properties dialog box, you have the option called
> "Additional Drivers" on the Sharing tab. Select that and choose the OS you
> wish to install the latest and greatest driver for. It works the same for
> Win9x as it does for Win32. You provide the centralized driver and the
> clients will use it.
>
> jh
>
>
> "Mark Taylor" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:user01.20.mdt-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi all,
> >
> > My understanding of Point and Print is as follows:
> >
> > When first printing from a Win9x or Win32 client to a Windows 2000 or
> > Windows Server 2003 print server, the appropriate driver (if available)
> > is downloaded from the server.
> >
> > In addition, when a Win32 client sends a job to the server, the server
> > compares the client's version of the driver with its own version, and if
> > the server's is newer than the client's, the server upgrades the driver.
> >
> > My question is: is there any way to install a newer version of a driver
> > on Win9x clients on a large network without having to walk around to all
> > these clients and manually perform the upgrade?
> >
> > I am curious about the mechanism by which the Win9x driver is first
> > downloaded to the client and whether this could be exploited in some way
> > to perform an upgrade. Or any other ideas that might come to mind!
> >
> > Thanks very much,
> > - Mark

Mark,

You are correct, Win9x clients don't check for updated printer drivers like
NT clients. Sorry, I don't have an answer for you as how to make it happen
automatically for Win9x.

Cleve

"Mark Taylor" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:user01.20.mdt-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi Joseph,
>
> I knew that this would work for the first installation of a given driver
> for a given OS. But my understanding is that if a newer version of that
> driver is later released, there is no way to automatically replace the
> original version on the Win9x clients with the newer version. (Updates
> so work with Win32 clients.) Have I misunderstood?
>
> - Mark
>
> In article <e#(E-Mail Removed)>,
> "Joseph J. Hand" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> > Mark,
> >
> > In the Printer's properties dialog box, you have the option called
> > "Additional Drivers" on the Sharing tab. Select that and choose the OS
you
> > wish to install the latest and greatest driver for. It works the same
for
> > Win9x as it does for Win32. You provide the centralized driver and the
> > clients will use it.
> >
> > jh
> >
> >
> > "Mark Taylor" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:user01.20.mdt-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > My understanding of Point and Print is as follows:
> > >
> > > When first printing from a Win9x or Win32 client to a Windows 2000 or
> > > Windows Server 2003 print server, the appropriate driver (if
available)
> > > is downloaded from the server.
> > >
> > > In addition, when a Win32 client sends a job to the server, the server
> > > compares the client's version of the driver with its own version, and
if
> > > the server's is newer than the client's, the server upgrades the
driver.
> > >
> > > My question is: is there any way to install a newer version of a
driver
> > > on Win9x clients on a large network without having to walk around to
all
> > > these clients and manually perform the upgrade?
> > >
> > > I am curious about the mechanism by which the Win9x driver is first
> > > downloaded to the client and whether this could be exploited in some
way
> > > to perform an upgrade. Or any other ideas that might come to mind!
> > >
> > > Thanks very much,
> > > - Mark