Cannot connect shared printer windows 7

All the helpful information about connecting to a network printer was wasted on me, of course, since our printers are all hooked up to various computers on the network and shared, and not connected directly to the network itself.

Unable to connect to a shared printer Canon LBP When I browsed and added the printer, it said It cannot connect "Default Printer cannot be set" Attaching the screenshot with this Thank You :.

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Glad to know that you have sorted out the issue. Please feel free to post if you need further assistance. But the server has 64 bit drivers for that printer.

I also have another printer and installed the x64 driver there and it works without needing to do that. I just don't get why I have to do that just with the HP printer. I have two other printers and I only have 32 bit drivers installed on the server and it works out of the box fine.

Is there something I can do so I don't have to connect it to the 64 bit server? What I have seen from other HP drivers when installed for a printer on 32bit is a registry key that points to a 32bit file I've already complained to HP about this.

This file cannot be loaded by the 64bit system. The thing that annoys me is HP total gets this. When you install the same printer on 64bit, their driver installer does not create this registry key and file pointer. If you see an entry like this, export the key, then delete either the pointer to the 32bit file or the entire BIDI registry key.

The drivers used for the testing are as follows. I have no clue what to check in my Server A. How did the printers and drivers get installed on the server? Launch printmanagement. Take a look at the installed print drivers. Now make the connection to A. Does the driver get installed, then error 3 or no driver with error? If the driver is not installed, check the list of files required by the driver and confirm they exist on the machine sharing the printer.

If there is a print processor required in the printer definition make sure the same file name is used by the 64bit driver. My print server already have the drivers When making creating a printer connection on Windows 7, the first thing that occurs is the driver files are copied from the server OR the driver files are copied from Windows Update if the policy is set to search WU. The next thing that occurs is the print driver is installed on the client machine.

Once the print driver is installed, the settings for the printer that are on the server are copied and the connection is added to the client machine. I assume this is the true machine and not an alias or Cname. When you open the Printer Folder on the remote machine it's in the explorer window near the top can you see any printers? Even though this is pretty old this helped me today. I had to delete the BIDI key and it started working!!! We have an HP color printer that threw the same error described above today!

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The Pro version allows you to update all drivers with just one-click. Modifying registry keys incorrectly may cause serious system problems. So before you get started, it is recommended that you back up the registry key so you can restore it in case any problems occurs. Before working as a technical writer for Driver Easy, she was a technical support agent, helping people to solve their computer problems.

She enjoys providing solutions to computer problems and loves exploring new technologies. To install Driver Easy Click. Camilla Mo Last Updated: 3 years ago. Type services. Under Service status, click Stop button. Click Start button to start the service again. Click OK button. After that, add the printer again and see if the problem persists. View by Large icons, click Devices and Printers.

Select Add a network, wireless or Bluetooth printer. Follow the rest on-screen instructions to finish adding the printer.

Solution 3: Delete Printer Drivers The problem can be caused by printer drivers.