Sharing c3180 on w7 x64 over home network to x86 instances

I have a c3180 connected by usb to a windows 7 x64 instance.
This printer is shared over the home network and shows up on other machines (all windows 7) as an available printer but upon printing jobs will just sit in the print queue indefinitely and not be printed.
I believe this is because I do not have the x86 drivers that the other machines require installed on the windows 7 x64 machine to which the printer is connected.
On setting up printer sharing there is a button for 'Additional Drivers' which allows installation of x86 drivers. Here I can select to install a x86 'Type 3 - User Mode' driver but on oking this it asks for the location of the driver .inf file which I do not have and cannot find.
Where can I get the x86 driver from? I can only download the 'all in one' driver & software package from the hp site which I do not want as it's only the tiny driver file that I am after.
Thanks in advance for any responses.
John

Hi,
This issue can occur by incompatible printer driver. Since the driver is made by third party Manufacturer which we do not have enough Knowledge about it, to resolve
the issue, it’s highly recommended to involve the manufacturer for further assistance.
As an alternative method, I suggest you move the printer and connect to the Windows Vista machine directly, and then check whether it can be installed on the local
machine. If still not, I’m afraid that you have to contact Brother for more suggestions. Otherwise, you can share the printer on the Windows Vista to Windows 7 for a test.
Thanks,
Novak

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