Newly added printer affects existing printer drivers on the server

I did not find anything related to this topic so I thought I post on the forums:
we are running a W2K03 x32 merely as a printer server. On the server are various queues for HP Printers e.g. modell 4050tn, 4100tn, 5100tn, 4014N,4015PX.
Now everytime we are going to add a new modell, e.g. a 3005DN recently, after driver installation (of course downloaded the most recent ones from the HP website) all existing printer queues show "Driver upgrade needed" on the client PCs.
Can this be avoided somehow?
Thank you and kind regards,
Peter

Hi,
We can add drivers for client computers running 32-bit or 64-bit versions of Windows.
To add client printer drivers to the print server
==================================
1. Open Print Management.
2. In the left pane, click Print Servers, click the applicable print server, and then click Printers.
3. In the center pane, right-click the printer to which you want to add additional printer drivers, and then click Manage Sharing.
4. Click Additional Drivers. The Additional Drivers dialog box appears.
5. Select the check box of the processor architecture for which you want to add drivers.
For example, if the print server is running an x64-based edition of Windows, select the x86 check box to install 32-bit version printer drivers for client computers running 32-bit versions of Windows.
6. If the print server does not already have the appropriate printer drivers in its driver store, Windows prompts you for the location of the driver files. Download and extract the appropriate driver files, and then in the dialog box that appears, specify
the path to the .inf file of the driver.
Note: You might not be able to extract some printer drivers without installing them. If this is the case, log on to a client computer that uses the same processor architecture as the printer drivers that you want to add to the print server, and install those
printer drivers. Then use Print Management from the client computer to connect to the print server, and add the additional drivers from the Additional Drivers dialog box. Windows automatically uploads the drivers from the client computer to the print server.
For details:
Print driver installation on 32-bit versus 64-bit servers
http://blogs.technet.com/b/askperf/archive/2010/01/19/print-driver-installation-on-32-bit-versus-64-bit-servers.aspx
Hope this helps!
Best Regards
Elytis Cheng
Elytis Cheng
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