Questions tagged [print-server]
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OS X clients ignoring Windows print server permissions
I'm in the process of testing a Windows Server 2008 R2 print server for a mixed OS X/Windows environment.
Any security permissions (AD groups) I set for the printers on the print server are not ...
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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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Server 08 Print server deploying to server 03
Server 08 R2 setup as a printer server with 300+ printers installed.
I created an empty GPO and enforced it on the OU containing a few servers that are server 03 that I need the printers to be ...
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Shared printer deployed via Group Policy Policies in per-machine mode only appears to domain Administrator, other users need a reboot
I deployed a shared printer via Group Policy, Policies method (not Preferences), per-machine. But only the domain Administrator gets it mapped immediately. Other accounts, even other members of Domain ...
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Can I change what displays in the 'Model' field in the printer directory when using a universal/basic driver?
I have a few printers on a Server 2012 print server that make use of "universal" drivers from the manufacturer.
When using drivers like these, the description field for the model is sometimes set to ...
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How non-HP PCL print jobs keep PJL-like job control information?
In print queue systems, each job has print job information in print control languages such as Epson EPL or HP PJL; in MS Windows print spools, this information is kept in separate SHD files.
Are ...
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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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Printserver failing after changing DNS servers
We are currently swapping our DNS servers out, going from an older IP range to a newer one. The network side has been setup and working fine for a couple of years, there are just a few servers still ...
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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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Various printer deployment issue with Server 2012 R2
I have just set up a new remote desktop infrastructure, with all servers being built on Server 2012 R2. I have 7 session hosts, and a central file/print server.
On the print server, I have added ...
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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 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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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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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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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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Share printer job queue among multiple printers
Is it possible to have multiple printers and only one printer job queue? Any good software or hardware solution?
Idea is like so:
someone sends a print job to printer (possibly shared via Windows ...
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Faulty GPO Deployment Over Wifi
We are experiencing a strange behaviour in our environment. I'd be glad if anybody might have some fresh ideas to help me with.
Scenario:
We created a new Print and Documents Service on a Windows ...
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How do I remove "on PrintServerName" from printer name when deployed?
We are publishing shared printers from a print server with GPP (Win Server 2012 R2), and all is good and well. But is it possible to have the shared printers added to the clients without the "on ...
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Is print job data stored locally or on the server side when I use a Windows print server?
I have read Why use a print server? and it does not indicate the location of print job data.
When I restarted the local printer service today to fix a problem with a stuck job, all jobs disappeared (...
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Windows Server 2012 TCP/IP Port Exhaustion Caused by spoolsv.exe
I have a server 2012 installation that is hosting all of our printers for our school district. as well as the google cloud print service so that our chromebooks can print. Over the last couple months ...
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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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Migrating a Microsoft Print Cluster to a single virtual machine
We have two physical servers being used as a clustered print server. The physical servers are EOL and we want to migrate the print services to a single VM. Does anyone have any suggestions on the ...
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is it possible to delegate file srv and print srv managing to other users in windows 2008 R2 without giving them full admin rights?
we have some field service guys that work locally for some of our customers, we want to transfer the tasks of managing file servers and print servers to them. first we Thought about giving them local ...
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Know when physical printer changed
In my organization we have two guys dealing with different aspects of our printers.
One is the helpdesk team leader who's responsible (among other related things) for updating the list of printers and ...
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Print_Server Migration_Server 2012
After migrating a print server from Windows Server 2008 to 2012, technicians don't have the ability to make changes on end-user workstations (clients). When they click on printer properties, most of ...
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Migrating Print Servers
Migrating Windows 2003 print server to Windows 2008 R2 print server. I have exported/imported the printers from old server to new. For the printers that wouldn't import I manually added them and ...
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windows print service
We have a HP color printer that can be used to print both A3 and A4 size color printouts. It is connected to a Windows 2008 print server.
The windows event viewer provides the status of printouts ...
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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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Printers deployed through GPO disappear on terminal server
Windows Server 2012 Print Server and Domain Controller.
Printers deployed with GPO, per user and per machine, to Windows Server 2019 Terminal Server.
Main issue:
Every time I logon to Terminal All/...
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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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Program started with Task Scheduler could not open my Printer
I have a C# program that executes some commands that generates a pdf and print it to a printer. The printer is hosted in a print server, so the way I accessed the printer is through my app config. (\...
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Win2019 print server no printers show in Network
I have an old Win2012 print server which serves printers to users. I'm adding a new Win2019 print server to the domain in order to migrate printers from the old print server to the newer one, 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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Server 2019 - Print server failed to share printer after increasing CPU/RAM for VM
I have a new Win2019 server VM with the print server running. This replaced an older 2012 version. Over the weekend I shut it down, increased CPU/RAM and started it. As of this morning, no printers ...
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Windows asks to install printer driver over and over
I have over 400 users on a 2012 DC, and a Win2019 server configured as a print server, which serves about 279 printers of varying make/model. Some users are receiving driver install messages when ...
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Printer Point and Print restriction GPO not working
As a fix for the Print Nightmare, I've disabled the need for administrator privileges to install print drivers (this is working). This is effectively the same as exposing oneself to the Print ...
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Printer GPO Error Code '0x80070bcb'
When trying to deploy label printers via GPO, I am receiving the error of
Group Policy Object did not apply because it failed with error code '0x80070bcb The specified printer driver was not found on ...
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How do I update printer drivers remotely post KB5005652 without cscript?
Regarding https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/kb5005652-manage-new-point-and-print-default-driver-installation-behavior-cve-2021-34481-873642bf-2634-49c5-a23b-6d8e9a302872
I inadvertently ...
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Print Management Console - All printers, drivers, ports missing
When running the Print Management console, nothing shows up in the drivers, ports, or printers. I can add new printers via the wizard. Then browsing to the UNC of the server I can see them. But the ...
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How does one wire CUPS to accept print jobs via TCP/IP at 9100 and pass through to pdf-cups?
OS FreeBSD-12.1
CUPS-2.3.3
My goal is to get CUPS to listen for TCP/IP connections on 9100, or any arbitrary ip address and tcp port for that matter, passing the incoming RAW spool file to the cups-...
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Print spooler needs monthly restart
I've got a print server that manages a few printers of the same model.
Every few weeks a printer will refuse to print until the print spooler service is restarted. It doesn't seem to be a problem with ...
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Print Server Redundancy in VMware ESXi
I'm having a challenge figuring out the best way to get the highest possible uptime on my 2 print servers.
The best solution would be if one of the servers function as my primary print server, and the ...
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Sharing USB Printer Through Windows Print Server
I have Windows 2012 R2 print server which sharing network printer to AD users. Now I want share USB printer as same.
What I have done so far
connected USB printer to a PC. Print from PC (AD member) ...
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"keep printed documents" re-enabling itself
We have Windows Server 2016 as a print server with roughly 40 printers of various makes (Ricoh, HP, Konica), most of which are deployed via GPO. A few months ago the 'jobs in queue' started filling ...
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Spooler stops printing when more than one file is sent
I have a problem that I am pulling my hair over!
On Windows Server 2012 R2 there are several shared, new, Canon printers.
Drivers are installer a new, and all is dandy. Or should be. However, when ...
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Printing when print server is offline
We are searching for a way to allow client computers utilizing a print server (2012 R2+) to still print even when the print server is down? It seems that all jobs try to get sent to the network ...
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Print server reprints job
Good afternoon folks,
The pieces to this puzzle are a user machine running win 7 x64 pro which renders the job locally, sends them to a server 2008 r2 print server, which prints them to a HP LaserJet ...
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Why are users seeing UAC, when installing shared printer drivers, when they were not previously after a printer host name change?
I have a Windows 2008R2 print server hosting about 40 printers. For the longest time we had a Point and Print GPO that allowed the users to install the drivers for these printers without ...
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Do i need a print server at each remote site?
I am planning a network for a project and am wondering how to proceed with print services. This topology has a main office with 2 remote branch offices. I plan to create one domain with 2 remote ...
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Upgraded Wintel Environment from 2003 to 2012R2, now only 2 Win10 clients can't see network shares or print, all other 78 W7Pro can
Over the last week I've migrated all of our services running on Server 2003 to our 2012R2 environment successfully.
This included: AD, DHCP, DNS, Print server, File serving using the migration tool, ...