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Old June 18th 08, 07:14 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax
BK
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Default 32 bit fax print driver for W2008 x64 Fax Server

Any other thoughts?

"bk" wrote:

When I do, I get the Select Fax Printer dialog with the option to select
either the shared fax on my server or Fax on the local machine. Regardless
of which I select, nothing happens.

I can open the fax console via start/all
programs/accessories/communications/fax, but again when I try to create a new
fax, the Select Fax Printer appears, and then disappears once I click OK.
That's as far as I get.

There is a message in the lower right corner of the fax console that states
"some fax printers are inaccessible". Could this be a firewall issue?

BK

"Alan Morris [MSFT]" wrote:

can you open fxssend.exe on the XP system and send fax locally?




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"bk" wrote in message
...
I don't see a fax driver listed under Server Properties on the XP client or
on the W2K8 fax server where it is shared. I can fax successfully from
the
fax server.

To review...I can add the shared fax printer on the XP client, but when I
click the New Fax button from the fax console nothing happens. When I try
the same thing from the fax server, the "new fax" screen is displayed &
I'm
able to fax a document.

"Alan Morris [MSFT]" wrote:

Does the Fax driver get installed on the XP machine? Look in printers
folder, File, Server properties, Drivers.

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"bk" wrote in message
...
Any other thoughts?

"bk" wrote:

OK. That worked, in as much as the server now shows an x64 and x32
driver
loaded. I can connect to the Printer (fax) share from my x32 XP PC,
but
when
I try & print a document I get an hourglass for a moment, and then
nothing
happens. This is the point where I would expect to see the send a fax
wizard
prompt me for the recipients name, fax #, etc.

"Alan Morris [MSFT]" wrote:

The driver installed for me.

Did you get any error message?

here's another method.


Yes. 32-bit clients are supported for 64 bit WS08 Fax Server. As the
customer is saying, 32 bit drivers should be installed on the
server.





The following is the procedure to install cross architecture drivers
:

i. Right click on the Fax printer in "Printers" page and share
the
fax
printer.

ii. Click on 'Additional Drivers' and select the architecture for
which
you want to install fax printer drivers for.

iii. It will prompt for a Setup information file (Inf file) .

iv. Copy the
%windir%\system32\DriverStore\FileRepository\prnms 002.inf_*
from a machine of the architecture which you are trying to install.

v. Select the prnms002.inf from the share just copied. (this is
the
fax
printer driver installation INF).

vi. This should successfully install the necessary cross
architecture
Fax
printer drivers in the server.

vii. Check for the presence of the installed architecture in
%windir%\system32\spool\drivers\ directory.







P.S - This is my own wording of the procedure. The official
white-paper
containing these details will be released soon (Its currently in
review
by
the doc writers)




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Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
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"bk" wrote in message
...
Alan-

Any other suggestions?

"Alan Morris [MSFT]" wrote:

And both the x64 and x86 Fax driver is installed on the server?



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Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
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"bk" wrote in message
...
Thanks for your reply, Alan. I tried your suggestion on the
server,
but
I'm
afraid I still can't seem to add the driver on my XP client (by
browsing
to
the server & double clicking on the shared fax). I'm getting
the
following
error message:
"The server for the 'Microsoft Shared Fax Driver' printer does
not
have
the
correct printer driver installed. If you want to search for
the
proper
driver, click OK. Otherwise, click Cancel and contact your
network
administrator or original equipment manufacturer for the
correct
printer
driver."

Any other thoughts?

BK

"bk" wrote:

I have a 64 bit Windows Server 2008 Standard server configured
with
the
fax
server role. I can't seem to figure out how to add x32
drivers
so I
can
"print" to the shared fax device on the server from my 32 bit
XP
clients.

When I try to add the x32 drivers to the shared fax printer on
the
server,
I'm prompted to "please provide a printer driver". I've tried
pointing
to 32
bit XP media, 64 bit Server 2008 media, tried loading the
driver
from
an
XP
and Vista PC via the server share, but it doesn't accept any
of
these
paths.

From my XP PC, I can browse to the share on the server &
connect
the
fax
print device. It appears on my XP PC as "Fax on
%servername%".
I can
open
the fax console on my XP PC & see jobs that are in the outbox
(submitted
from
the server). When I attempt to create a new fax from the XP
fax
console,
I
get an hourglass for a brief moment, and then nothing. If I
try
&
print
to
the fax "print" driver from the XP PC, I get nothing. I
believe
with
the
x32
W2K3 fax server I worked with a wizard came up asking for the
fax
number,
select a cover page, etc.

I'm assuming this is because I don't have the x32 fax driver
loaded on
the
server. Any ideas on how I can add this?

Thanks in advance for your assistance.












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