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How to Manage Server-pushed Printers on Individual Workstation (Printer Properties Issue in Programs)

I'm troubleshooting a print issue on a particular workstation, Windows 7 Pro. I can open Devices and Printers and access all the info, like Printer Properties, Printing Preferences, etc., from there. ...
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What sort of actions can I take to make printer mapping less painful for all involved?

I currently work on/sort of manage a very large network. We employ the use of a print server to make some things easier for end users, but I'm sure you all know that that comes with its own issues. ...
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Konica Minolta multifunction printers default to double sided printing

We have 50 machines that use 3 different models of Konica Minolta printers: bizhub C3850FS bizhub C258 bizhub C280 I've been installing the latest driver and it has been brought to my attention ...
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AD print group not working in some cases

On our computer network there are many printers, and for some groups the task of connecting the closest printer has been sort of automated by creating a security group named print- When we add ...
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Get statuses of network printers

we are tasked with finding exactly how many pages were printed by all IP printers on a fairly large network, and then doing a lot of things with that data. There are about 15 different printer ...
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Printer server hostname changed - deploy printers via GPO no longer works

We use the Deploy Printers feature of local group policy in Windows 8.1, so that our users can log into any machine and printers will already be configured. This was working flawlessly for all users ...
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Print to remote office printer without VPN/WAN link

We currently have roughly 20 remote offices who are connected to our main site using consumer grade broadband and a VPN tunnel. The majority of these offices have at least 2 printers. Remote users log ...
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Set RDS Default Printer By Session/Client

We have a Multipoint 2012 server running RDS for dumb terminals set up throughout our facility. Clients are named by their location. Each location uses its own printer. Due to the fact that there are ...
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Point'n'Print setup in Windows 7 x64 on Samba server

I've done a Point'n'Click setup on Samba/CUPS for Windows 7 Clients. The following things are done: CUPS Activated Raw printing support by dpkg-reconfigure cups SAMBA Added to the smb.conf the ...
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Set Independent Default Print Settings for Different Users

Problem: Our network deployed printers are set to default to print in black & white for cost savings. A few users want to print in color all the time, and are very annoyed at having to manually ...
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looking for "access denied" server log entries on network shared print jobs (Windows) after removing the 'Everyone' group

In an effort to try to remove the ability for users to print directly to an MFP shared printer, relegating the users to use their badge ID for more secure printing while in the office... Currently ...
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Error message "The format of the file is invalid" when attempting to import certificate on HP printer

On some HP printers, when I try to import a certificate to enable HTTPS for the printer's Embedded Web Server (EWS), I get the error message "The format of the file is invalid". This happens ...
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GPO Printer Share - Terminal Server is added printer multiple times

I have created a GPO for some of our users to roll out the printer (the same printer with different settings): The printer is also assigned to the user accordingly, as you can see here on the TS: ...
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Avahi / Zeroconf: Configure DNS-SD for external Server

I have a centralized remote printer, say "printer.company.com" with IPP and I need to publish this printer in a local network with NAT. Services for "local" services are no problem,...
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How to make printers installed by GPO/GPP have server-side settings?

I have a Windows Server 2019 domain controller which has some network printers installed using TCP/IP Port 9100 and publishes all of those printers as shares. The important thing to note is that while ...
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Batch: How to remove a network printer //server/printer if V4 driver is installed?

All Windows client computers use a network printer //server/printer with V4 driver. The current version of the driver on the server side is V3. I want to remove the V4 printer and reinstall the ...
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is it possible to append the filename to the job-id of all jobs submitted to a CUPS printer?

as the title suggests, I want to append the filenames of files I print to the actual job-ID in CUPS. so if for instance i ran: lp some-file.pdf the job-ID would be: d00001-001somefile.pdf The reason I ...
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Locked Print Settings Preservation When Updating Driver

I have a set of Ricoh printers on a print server. When I want to deploy a new version of the driver, it erases the printing preferences of all users mapped to the queue share. Example, if someone uses ...
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Unable to remove deployed printers from workstations via GPO

I have about 40 printers which are were deployed in old method (GPO - user - deployed printers) Each printer have a security group in Permissions tab users whom can use it. For now i have a problem ...
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Network printer error state at a specific time every day

We have 2 separated sites with network printers (all different), a VPN server and a Windows Server 2012 in another country on which the printers are connected via the VPN. Currently, only the VPN is ...
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Only one user is having its print jobs deleted on Win2012 R2 Spool - everyone else prints

I've got a hairy one for you. We have a small office with an IT infrastructure solely based on Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (not my fault...) and less than 50 users. All users are on AD, we do ...
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Printer generated PDF corrupting file permissions/file

So I am at a loss on this one. Our TOSHIBA e-STUDIO3005AC printer has been operating perfectly for ~2 years. In the last month, whenever someone scans a document, the pdf will be deposited into our ...
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Office Products, and "Devices and Printers" hang unless print spooler is disabled

I have a Windows 2016 Server configured as a Remote Desktop Gateway Server. Users will log into the server and use Word, Excel, ect…. These programs, as well as the "Devices and Printers" app in the ...
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Why is group policy for setting default printer being run as SYSTEM when 'Run in logged-on user's security context' is selected?

I have taken over administration of a 2008 r2 domain where there were two group policies for creating network printer shares on domain user logon: GPO1 to map network printers: GPO > User ...
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Determining printers with state "Needs New Driver" via WMI/VBS

Everytime a change is made to our print server, some printers from what staff (without admin rights) have added to their printer list report "Needs new driver" in Devices & Printers (pre Win 10)/...
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Printing issue with a remote RDSH server with VPN

Here is my issue. I have many users that connect from their office to a remote 2012R2 RDSH server hosted in a Datacenter. Between the 2 sites, we have mounted a VPN tunnel ; that works fine. For ...
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Remove access to the printer in terminal server

I got a task where i need to remove printer access for specific users only when accessing the terminal server. It is a network printer from another site that we added on our server. Users uses the ...
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SNMP/PJL - used area printed on a page

How can find the effective area printed on a page direct from printer device? I can't access the file stream to do direct on it.
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What is causing the server name to be malformed when publishing a printer to AD?

I have a printer that exists as \\printserver01\printer For whatever reason, when I publish/add it to AD, part of the name gets cut off. For example, it becomes \\printserver0\printer When users go ...
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CUPS-PDF Output Filename Fix

I'm using Virtual PDF Printer with cups-pdf package in debian 7.7 wheezy. I have some problem with output PDF filename. It's work correctly when I Print .rtf document with wordpad. But, when I Print ....
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Cannot print intelligible image from remote desktop on local printer

My company has a virtual machine running Windows 7 Professional 64-bit. The VM belongs to a Windows Small Business Server 2011 domain. We have a remote contractor who connects to the VM via Microsoft ...
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Generic/Text only printer drivers for x64 and x86, installation in Win server 2008R2

While migrating printers from a 2003 server to 2008R2(x64) using print management I realized that few printers use "Generic/Text only" drivers. Since it migrated using print management it migrated the ...
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Erase Sharp Printer Hard Disk?

I have a number of Sharp MX-M550 printers that are at the end of their useful life. Each device has a hard disk. Can anyone advice as to how I go about erasing the drives either whilst they're in ...
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Mac cannot print - Windows Server 2019

We created a new print server on a windows server 2019. Our Windows machines can connect and print to the printers without issues. On our Mac computers we can map the printers but as soon as we try to ...
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Network printer shows the print server name after mapping

when we are mapping our printers to our computers from a Windows print server the name of the printer shows the print server as well (see example below). Is there a way to omit the print server and ...
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What is the best way to deploy printers to clients?

What is the best practice method for deploying printers to clients using the Print Management tool on a Windows Server 2019? There are printers based in each remote office, which I would like to ...
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Roll back HP Universal Print Driver

I recently installed the latest PostScript HP Universal Print Driver on my Windows print server, but it turned out that the driver was buggy. I reverted the server virtual machine to a snapshot taken ...
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Can I see a printer's log about who connected to a network printer?

There's been a problem at work about a given printer that you have to connect to using a printers' server. I don't control the server itself, but if there's a log that I can require to the server ...
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GPO printers deployed but only one printer actually shows up

I've set up two printers to be deployed via GPO (using "Deployed Printers" option under "Policies"). On my laptop only one actually shows up. In other words - the GPO clearly is ...
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Latest Windows 10 Will Not Deploy Printers Per Computer

I have a small offline network with a number of Windows 10 Clients patched to the latest and greatest using Windows 10 (21H1). They are in a GPO with Deployed printers from our Windows Server 2016 ...
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Can a VoIP or an L2 switch prevent a PC from accessing a network printer under 2 VLAN circumstances?

My organization's network topology goes like this: PC -- VoIP -- L2 switch (no IP address, only performs L2 switching)--Network Printer Also, the same L2 switch is connected to an L3 switch for access ...
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Konica Minolta scanner cannot send outgoing mail via SMTP. Can I decipher the correct settings without resorting to onsite IT visit?

I'm not the business network admin, and slightly over my head. Still I'd like to try to fix it. Sorry if this is wrong forum... if so, maybe you can redirect me. We recently made some network changes, ...
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Multiple independent NIC - slow network print (printer discovery?)

I have a network printer (Samsung) connected to WiFi router, printing from notebook (Win7) connected to the same router using WiFi worked well; DHCP - network 192.168.8.0/24, gateway 192.168.8.1, ...
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raspi cups prints pdf input as garbage on paper

I'm trying to print a pdf onto paper programmatically, using lp from a raspberry pi as part of an application for work. The PDF comes out of the printer looking like completely random unicode ...
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Is RDP override of redirected printer setting an issue with Server 2012 or printer driver?

Windows 10 / 64-bit Pro workstations connecting to Microsoft Server 2012 via Remote Desktop Connection are experiencing a problem with their redirected printer, a Lexmark Model XM5365. The Lexmark ...
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How can I migrate my network+printer configurations into new Windows?

One of my office Windows machine has been crashed( blue screen). I am browsing my file system (crashed pc's drive(c:)) from my Ubuntu Live CD. I am setting up new OS on my crashed pc. I am looking ...
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Setting Up 3 Network Printers With An Old Router Connected To Another Router

I am trying to setup 3 network printers for a client. He has an Xfinity modem / router, and there is only 1 free ethernet port available on the router. To avoid buying a switch, I used an old router ...
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How to get Windows Server 2008 R2 to skip 'Error' print job and try others

I have a network printer installed on a Windows Server 2008 R2 machine. To be clear, the driver is installed on the Windows machine and configured to connect to the printer via port 9100. An ...
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Printer is presenting network problems, but responds to ping normally. How to isolate the error?

Our office large format printer (which I'm told does not buffer) is presenting network issues. Whenever something is put on its queue, the printer will go offline, stop responding to pings, and will ...
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How can I take print driver settings by each user and ensure those settings remain intact no matter what machine they use on the network?

Sorry for the long question above, i wasn;t sure what might be the best way to word it. I have a Dell poweredge R720 running Win SBS 2011, roaming profiles and folder redirection are not currently ...
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