Questions tagged [printing]
Printing is the writing of data in a human-readable format onto durable media such as paper.
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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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"Server spool directory location is invalid" when changing spooler directory to network drive
Tried changing the spool directory (printers & scanners->print server propertiers->advanced->spool folder) to a (existing) Share Point directory but getting message "Server spool ...
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Printer Won't Print! Long and weird saga
Okay, here's something fairly weird. I'll try to outline the story in a way that makes sense.
We had an old print server (windows 2003 based). We had some issues with people not being able to add ...
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How to programaticly change a CUPS print job username
Due to a messy user namespace situation at our site, we have a need to change the username associated with a submitted print job (job-originating-user-name) programmatically. For example, if user “bob”...
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MAC Printing - Pausing
I have a script that maps our printers, it uses PPD files.
When I map the printers using the script it will pause in the middle of the printing process, like it will say printing then PAUSE this is ...
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Cups is not printing with "Filter Failed" message -- how to get more info?
I have a laser printer (Samsung ML-2010) that is in good condition, it works in Windows and old linuxes, but not with my fresh installation of ArchLinux. The printer is recognised and configured, but ...
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List ALL Printers using Powershell
I'm having issues listing all the printers on a computer using Powershell.
We have a batch script that will add/remove/list "per computer" printers using PrintUI.
I can use PrintUI to list the ...
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What is the current state of the art way to share printers from Linux with Windows clients
TLDR: What driver should I use in Windows (10/11) to connect to CUPS? Alternatively: What is a better way to print from Windows clients to a Linux server?
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I'm currently having an Ubuntu 18.04 ...
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RDS: Redirected printers not showing up in Control Panel or Settings app
I'm having an odd problem with our Remote Desktop Session Host that's running on Windows Server 2019 (version 1809, build 17763.805). I am connecting to this server from my PC (running Windows 10, ...
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Renewing kerberos ticket without user intervention
We have found the most excellent program that that will allow our OSX machines to print through our Windows Print servers. (ksmbprint from http://deploystudio.com/)
The program allows for smb ...
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Remove printers from old print server/deploy new ones
I have created a new print server, and would like to move our users from old to new. We have a mixed environment of XP and Win7 (64 bit). The old server is Windows Server 2003 SP2 (not R2 & 32 bit)...
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Why can't I print from Windows on CUPS from a single application?
I've set up a Fedora 10 server and I want to print to an attached printer from three Windows Vista and two XP workstations.
After at lot of reading of the relevant manuals, I got this result:
All ...
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printer settings import not working as system account
I'm trying to import the settings for printers via SCCM that runs installations in the system account.
Manually as User with Administrator rights, it's working as expected.
Manually as system account ...
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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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Mass change of default printer settings
On our Server 2008 R2 Print server we have ~30 HP Printers (Some CM3530s, M4345s and CP3525s) and I have been asked to convert all the print double sided and, for the colour printers, greyscale. Is ...
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The printer edits are cut off at the top and bottom after upgrade cups to 2.2.6 with Postscript source
The background, we're upgrading a technical platform for our ERP that sends postscript editions in A4.
Our old cups --> Redhat 6.1 / Cups 1.4.2 / Foomatic 4.0.4
New platform --> OL 8.7 / Cups 2....
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Best way for printing (semi-)unique coupon codes
this is not strictly a server admin problem, but one I (as an admin) am tasked to resolve. Marketing wants to send out coupons with our packages. The code I thought up was something along the line:
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Weird Printing Issue: Windows Shared Printers accessible/visible via Hostname but not via IP Address
Since about 8-10 months ago we've been facing weird printer issues which culminated this month to a massive amount of errors that got most of the company involved, and that allowed us to identify the ...
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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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What the difference between print server and shared printer
i planning to add new print service, but i don't know add a new role ( print server ) or just shared printer(smb) will better?
i planning shared to windows and Mac
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How do I edit a PPD file for CUPS?
I have a networked printer (Canon iP8720) and it mostly works just fine out of the box with CUPS on Kubuntu 22.10. However the printer is capable of borderless printing, higher resolution than the ...
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CUPS Processing - "Waiting for printer to become available."
I'm attempting to get Brother HL-L2301-D printer running under Gentoo.
I've downloaded the RPM and installed it under Gentoo. The device is detected and I've set up a udev rule to make it available ...
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What is the reason for choosing a different print processor?
Almost every time I've had to change the print processor for a printer, it's because it's set to something other than WINPRINT/RAW. Granted, fax software sometimes makes use of other print processors, ...
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CUPS - how to list all detected printers from command line (Linux)
In the CUPS web interface, when adding a printer, the interface displays all detected printers, both local and networked, and the user can pick which one they want to add to CUPS.
How can I get this ...
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How to monitor and copy CUPS spool data and copy files to run a script?
Broad problem: access cups spool data as common user
In a store, at the sales desk, we have a software that generates bills as PDF files, which the cashier prints for the customers. I do not have ...
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Unable to install printer driver using pnputil
I am trying to install multiple printers on a print server, however before that as a pre-requisite I have to add the printer drivers for which I am performing below steps but I am unable to view the ...
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How can i print to an alternate LPD port from Windows Server 2012?
I have a Mac setup using LPD to a remote printer/port and it works great. I'm trying to add the same printer on a Windows server and it fails.
I've tried standard TCP/IP port specifying the IP as 9.3....
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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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A hospital WiFi network is stopping a PC from finding a printer. Will another router fix it?
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I have a quadriplegic client who lives in a hospital (long-term living) and has his own room. He has a laptop running Windows 11 and an HP printer. The hospital provides WiFi for the ...
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Locked Print settings disapper on workstations
we have a RICOH MFD and its queue ison a print servers ; few people accesing it via windows 7 workstations , have issues. They set the Locked print preference in Print Preferences -> one click print ...
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Missing a Generic/Text Only printer driver?
I have a program that needs a printer with the Generic/Text Only driver to print shipping documents.Some users in China (who use Windows XP and Windows 7) don't have the option to select this driver ...
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Memory limit of LaserJet Printers: stick to the spec or okay to surpass memory size when choosing Memory Expansion modules?
This is a technical question about what would happen if one adds a 512MB memory expansion module to the HP Color LaserJet CP5225, or any other recent current modern Laserjet, while the manual states ...
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Printer Redirection RDS Gateway
I have a 2012 R2 RDS environment with a Farm containing two RDS servers, RDS Broker and RDS Gateway. Previously, I had printer redirection disabled, but I'm bringing on some users that need this ...
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Force CUPS print server to fit-to-page if job is not A4
I've setup a CUPS print server on Debian Stretch and I need a way to modify print jobs that don't use A4 page size.
I have clients (iOS) that cannot set the paper size and will send for example a PDF ...
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Print to Local Windows Network Share When Network is Down
I've got an application that sends print jobs to a local print share via a DOS copy:
copy fileToPrint \\myLocalComputerName\sharename
When the network is down it throws an error. However the share ...
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https://localhost:41951/DYMO/DLS/Printing/PrintLabel takes 16 seconds
When using the Dymo Labelwriter javascript to print via the service on
https://localhost:41951/DYMO/DLS/Printing/PrintLabel, the debugger shows it takes around 16 seconds for the call to print the ...
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AD printer installs require admin rights
I'm working on overhauling how we manage printers in one environment.
We have a print server where folks can hit \\servername and select the printer(s) desired. This works perfectly - no UAC prompts, ...
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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 queues with Samba and CUPS
I've successfully got Samba and CUPS working together to give nice, consistent printing interfaces with just the Postscript drivers to Windows clients both IA32 and x64 of any variants since 95. The ...
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Printing weirdness - German language, Xerox 7125
Please read carefully to see the problem details and steps that I have taken to troubleshoot.
We have an executive at my organization who has a German language machine, Windows 7.
I have installed ...
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HP Wireless Printer not working
I have installed an HP DeskJet 4620 driver on a win 7 machine.
All works perfectly for several days, and than printing is not longer possible. Instead I get the message: "Unable to communicate with ...
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Zebra label printer not printing correctly across network - via usb is fine
I'm having a major problem with our Zebra ZTC LP2844-Z
We have the printer plugged into an HP JetDirect 175x, and this has an ip address of 10.0.9.21
I've added the printer to our print server machine,...
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Printers Sharing Ubuntu Server
I need to share 3 USB printers on a network, I installed a Raspberry Pi4 with Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS with CUPS e smb services configured. From windows 10 I'm able to access \ip of the server and I ...
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Why *do* windows print queues occasionally choke on a print job
Y'know they way windows print queues will occasionally stop working with a print job at the head of the queue which just won't print and which you can't delete?
Anyone know whats going on when this ...
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Unable to deploy printers via GPO User Configuration after Windows update KB5005033 got installed ("Do you trust this printer?" issue)
Recent (2021-08-10) KB5005033 Windows update actually brings this issue back to life by forcing admins only to install printer drivers (and thus, not allowing printer distribution via User ...
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Detect printer in VPN client
The problem is based on a simple restriction:
The server which holds the business logic is not connected with the printer in the same network. The printer is located in another network which does not ...
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Would upgrading RAM in a HP LaserJet printer improve its performance?
Would RAM upgrade for an HP 4050N LaserJet printer matter?
We have this real workhorse of a Laser Printer. It's an HP 4050N and it's been in use for many years. In the past few years, I've noticed ...
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Windows 10 - Unused printers being automatically removed by the OS
We have several remote/mobile users who travel between numerous locations and install local printers specific to those locations. These users might exceed 50 printers on their system. With Windows 7,...
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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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Azure AppService and Printing
Is is possible to print to an on premise printer from an Azure AppService or Azure Function?
I don't mean printing via the browser or user agent. I mean the server side code connects to a printer and ...
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