How to install a printer driver locally for a remote printer in Windows 2000

This step-by-step article describes how to install a driver for a remote printer on a local computer.

To update the printer driver locally for a remote printer on a print server that is running Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Microsoft Windows 2000, or Microsoft Windows XP, you must log on as an administrator. The driver is automatically updated on the client computer to reduce total cost of ownership when the printer driver on the server is updated.

 

Install a printer driver on a Windows 2000-based computer

To install a printer driver locally on a Windows 2000 computer:

1.	Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Printers.
2.	Double-click Add Printer to start the Add Printer Wizard.
3.	Click My Computer, and then click Next.
4.	Click Add Port, click Local Port, and then click New Port.
5.	In the Port Name box, type the path to the printer in the following format, where server is the name of the print server and printer is the name of the printer: \\server\printer
6.	Click OK, and then click Close.

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