Re: Can't install network printer driver on Vista RC2 5744

James Lynch wrote:
> Thank you for all the helpful suggestions.Unfortunately, I tried all of
> them to no avail. Samsung released a newer CLP-500 driver but this still
> has no effect except that it installs properly on the printer server
> machine.
> I've also tried to use the TCP/IP method which installs the printer but
> will not print a test page. I know what you mean by getting nowhere with
> companies if you haven't got the necessary clout. I just tried to see if
> Benq would be doing an upgrade driver for my Acer
> ST620 SCSI scanner and the reply was
> "There is no driver for vista for this product and at this point there
> would be no support or drivers released that will work under vista."
>
> Maybe you could have a word with them ;-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> "kevin forsythe" <kevinfor@noemail.postalias> wrote in message
> news:eBBg3hgDHHA.4808@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> a couple of suggestions to get the driver working under Vista (I don't
>> own a Samsung printer)
>> download the latest driver from Samsung website.. right click on the
>> *.exe file and select the "compadibility" tag and set it to Win XP SP2
>> and check the box that says
>> "run as an administrator" what this does is trick the exe file to
>> thinking that it's running on an XP system - the driver may then
>> install with no problems..
>>
>> if that doesn't work my other suggestion is .. go into control panel
>> in Vista select printers and when you click on "add a printer"
>> select Samsung.. and there is a driver listed
>> for the CLP-550 while I agree that you have a CLP-500 and not a
>> CLP-550 my understanding is (and I could be wrong) there is ONLY 1
>> core Printer driver in XP & Vista
>> for all printers.. all the extra features like seeing how much ink
>> you have left on screen.. setting specific details are done through a
>> mini-port driver that links into the core OS print driver..
>>
>> what this means (in english) if you select the closest Samsung driver
>> (or in fact almost any printer driver ) you should be able to get the
>> thing to actually print with no problems.. it may not
>> have advanced features like selecting from Tray #1 -vs- #2 but at
>> this point (or at least until March 2007) when vendors drivers for
>> Vista start to get mature..
>>
>> you could also contact Samsung support ... (and if your able to get
>> past the 1st level .. 3rd world country tech support people ) there
>> may actually be a Vista driver under development.. this of course
>> comes down
>> to what your political standing is.. I happen to work for a VERY
>> large influencial company.. by contacting our internal contacts at
>> places like Netgear, Microsoft, Cisco etc. things get done..
>> unfortunately for the average
>> joe this isn't always possible..
>>
>>
>> "James Lynch" <jim143@telpacific.com.au> wrote in message
>> news:E574634B-BF8C-4EC3-B2B6-6AD442B8D348@microsoft.com...
>>> Hello there, Corey,
>>> I have the same printer <Samsung CLP-500> running as a network
>>> printer
>>> and have exactly the same problem. However, opening an XP window in
>>> Microsoft Virtual PC, there is no problem installing the driver.As
>>> far as
>>> I'm concerned, it is the most serious defect of Vista and I'm running
>>> Vista
>>> RC2 version 5744. It would be interesting to know if anyone else has had
>>> problems installing network printer drivers from other printers.
>>>
>>> James
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Corey"
>>> <Corey@discussions.microsoft.com>
>>> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.vista.print_fax_scan
>>> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 11:55 PM
>>> Subject: Can't install printer driver
>>>
>>>
>>>> I have a home network laser printer I'll linking with my notebook
>>>> computer
>>>> w/
>>>> Windows Vista RC1 installed. When trying to connect to the main
>>>> computer
>>>> where my laser printer is connected to...I get an error message which
>>>> states
>>>> that
>>>> "Winodws cannot connect to the printer. There is not enough memory to
>>>> complete this operation. Plese close some programs and try again."
>>>> Also I
>>>> notice that there are a few selective printer to choose from the
>>>> pull down
>>>> list with the execption for my printer, which is a (Samsung CLP-500). I
>>>> only
>>>> hope that I don't have to start investing in another laser printer next
>>>> year
>>>> when vista do comes out in full production. In the meantime, is
>>>> there a
>>>> another way by passing this error message so that I may connect to the
>>>> printer??? Thankyou.
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
I have exactly the same problem but I am using a dell 1100 laser. Exact
same error message.

I am using Vista 32bit RTM from MSDN.