Yes Sandy, the driver name must match in order for the inbox equivalent
Vista driver to be installed on the local system. If the driver does not
exist on Vista, the driver will be downloaded from the server. If the
driver name is the same, but the files are different, then the driver will
be loaded from the server.

There is a new twist to the Point and Print Restriction policy on Vista
(default policy setting is full security). If you have been experimenting
you have also seen the Install Driver prompt and the Admin elevation prompt.

Now back to the HPs and Xerox printers. Xerox first, the WorkCentre Pro
drivers update a dyc file that can cause the client to require an updated
version of the file. The file is some place holder file. This file exists
on their Win2k3 drivers as well as the Vista inbox drivers.

Some HP devices contain a cfg file. I have seen this file get installed on
a machine with a 1990 date stamp. Other times it's got the correct date.



--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
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"Sandy Wood" <sandy.wood@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:7711CBF2-2909-41AC-963D-551EAB82CB8E@microsoft.com...
> I'm working with several Vista Ultimate systems to test just how they
> react
> when connecting to printers on a Windows 2003 R2 server. We have many HP
> Laserjets, Xerox WorkCenter Pro's among others. Some times the printers
> connect and install without issue, other times we get errors until we play
> with the driver on the server, they we can connect.
>
> I've read a bit about Point and Print and it appears that the process
> should
> be that when a client (XP, 2003 , Vista) connects to a print server, the
> driver date stamp / version is compared to see what driver should be used.
> I
> can't seem to find the scope of this comparison, that is, is it first
> looking
> for the driver "name" or some other parameters? Do the driver names need
> to
> match in the first place before the timestamp comparison begins?
>
> I'd sure like to know a bit more of the process before unleashing Vista on
> the hordes.
> --
> Sandy Wood
> Orange County District Attorney