Networked Printer

[alcor]

Hi

I have set up many home networks and would consider myself to be fairly competent at it, however i have hit upon a new problem.

I have actually managed to get my main Vista machine networked with 2 XP laptops (without running into many of the problems i have read about in other threads), however when it comes to connecting the laptops to a printer attached to my Vista machine im stumped.

The problem i have encountered is that the Vista machine only holds vista drivers. So when i try to connect to it, and it is visible to all computers, i get a mesage saying that windows cant find the drivers.

There is then the option to browse for drivers but i have gone through the driver CD and the driver download from the internet, and nothing seems to work.

1) Has anyone had a similar problem, and know a solution?
2) If i install the printer on one XP machine then connect to it on the network is there a way to obtain these driver files to use when the Vista machine connects? (i hope that makes sense)

The printer is an HP Deskjet 3845

Any help is much appreciated.

[alcor]

Just as a quick thought, mainly with respect to point 2), is there specific location where all installed drivers can be found? Or are they located in a different locatation for each device?

[alcor]

I presume from the lack of response this is a problem that not many of you have come across.

Ahh well, thanks anyway.