How to connect to network printer with Windows 7

Question

Network printer is legacy HP LaserJet 6MP, plugged into a Windows XP workstation that is acting as our network share and the gateway to our shared storage devices. Others @ office are using the printer fine. I'm running a fresh install of Win7x64, can't for the life of me get this working.

Test page from printer does NOT show IP address, so I'm using the Wizard:

1. Devices and Printers
2. Add a printer
3. Add a network, wireless or Bluetooth printer
4. The printer that I want isn't listed
5. Select a shared printer by name > browse
6. Server computer does NOT show up in the network list
7. But if I manually type the server name \servername it shows up, and I can see the printers connected to it.
8. Select the printer I want to connect to
9. Next. I get the "Connecting to PrinterName on ServerName" dialog.
10. No driver found error dialog
11. Press OK. Get the Browse dialog box that says "The file "*.INF" on (Unknown) is needed.
12. I browse to the exact driver I need for that exact printer, which is extracted to my hard drive. Locate the "prnhp001.Inf" file > OK

Error dialog: Windows cannot connect to the printer. Error code is 0x0214

Solution

The drivers that I had were 32-bit drivers, and my system architecture was x64. Once I located the appropriate 64-bit drivers, they were able to install without too much hassle.

Comments

[Tom Auger]

Fine. Updated the OP. The computer that acts as our network share and to which the printer is connected is a windows XP workstation.

[Rob Moir]

If I had to guess, you're trying to connect from your 64-bit Windows 7 workstation to a printer installed on a 32-bit Windows XP installation and you're trying to install the 32-bit drivers. You need 64-bit drivers for a 64-bit client.

[Tom Auger]

@RobM I think architecture had something to do with it. The drivers I had (Microsoft driver update for HP LaserJet 6P-6MP PostScript) had a subfolder called Ia64. I located another similarly titles .cab but it expanded to reveal a folder called AMD64. That driver worked.

[Tom Auger]

I also mention in my OP that I cannot determine the printer's IP address in the test page.

[s_om]

You can't determine the printer's IP address because it doesn't have one.