Questions tagged [printer]
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How can I get rid of the "Do you trust this printer" message box and add my printer via GPO?
Workstation: Windows 7 (x64) [Install target for printer]
Server: Windows Server 2012 R2 (x64) [Active Directory, Print Server]
I have been bashing my head on the desk trying to get this printer to ...
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What is the impact of disabling a printer's checkbox for "SNMP Status Enabled" with or without a print server inline? [closed]
To harden SNMP security one must deviate from the default get community string of "public". Once that is done, as well as disabling any remaining get community strings of "public" such as HP units, ...
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cups: HTTP_STATE_WAITING Closing for error 32 (Broken pipe)
On a Debian stable I've a network printer connected and shared (Epson hp1536dnf):
socket://ip:9100
from Linux clients I've:
ipp://IP/printers/printer1
The logs of the server are:
D [01/Sep/2017:18:...
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SNMP - What are .mib files used for, and why are there many of them for a single printer?
I am investigating methods of monitoring particular stats with printers. I am not very knowledgeable yet, and was just curious what .mib files are used for and why there are many of them for a printer?...
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Brother 4150 CDN "Deep Sleep" How do I disable? [closed]
We own a Brother 4150 CDN printer which has a "deep sleep" feature that makes the printer stop working until someone pushes a button. The maximum wait before deep sleep is 210 minutes.
Is there a way ...
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Network printer - Print direct or via shared printer on Server?
It has occurred to me that a workstation can connect to a printer in either of two ways:
Printing directly to the IP of the printer with the print driver installed locally.
Printing to a \\Server\...
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Query total page count via SNMP HP Laserjet
I was asked to get hold of the total pages counts for the 100+ printers we have at work. All of them are HP Laser or Business Jets of some description and the vast majority are connected via some ...
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Parallel port blocking
I have a legacy Java program which handles a special card printer by sending binary data to the LPT1 port (no printer driver is involved, the Java program creates the binary stream).
The program was ...
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Must I install every possible printer driver for RDP clients?
I have users connecting with remote desktop and some have things like Quicken which has a PDF driver installed on their machines at home.
We want them to be able to redirect to print at home, but do ...
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Canon IPF9000 full cartridge low-ink indication (need to reset it after fixing intake assembly)
I recently had a client that had a problem with his Canon IPF9000. It's a wide-format printer that is used in high-end printing. The quality of its prints is pretty outstanding.
Well, my client had ...
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Is it reasonable to put all printers to another subnet?
I have a network of about 90 PCs and about 25 network printers.
In near future i will promote one server to DC.
However, now PCs on my network have static IP addresses.
It is a real mess now with ...
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IP conflicts with a networked printer
I have 2 computers (Mac with OS 9 and a desktop PC (XP)) that both print to a networked printer (large Xerox Phaser 7700).
The printer and the two computers are networked through an old ethernet ...
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Issues With Printer GPO
I have a Windows Server 2008 R2 print server. The client machines are Windows 7 Professional. I am having issues with user accounts not getting the printer added when they login.
Things that I have ...
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How to add HP 64 bit printers for printers that use universal printer driver to server 2003
We have quite a few hp printers and I noticed now they all use the HP Universal printer driver which I added to the printer server (2003 serveR) but when someone on win7 64 bit tries to install the ...
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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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Difference between Class Driver and PCL Driver
As the title suggests, I am unsure about the actual difference of a "Class Driver" and a "PCL Driver" in regards to my Printers.
In my enviroment I have multiple workstations (win 10) with Xerox 3610 ...
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How to script printer creation on a Windows Server 2008 R2 clustered print server?
As per subject.
I've found some ways of scripting printer creation on Windows print servers using WMI, but it looks like WMI doesn't support clustered print servers (or clustered servers at all).
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Deleted printers keeps coming back - and multiply
My users are on 2012 R2 RDS Session Host servers.
I've used "Deploy Printers" (from Print Manager) to deploy 4 printers. The last week, I've had a lot of problems where users can't print. If I ...
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Why do I not have "Shared printer" within group policy preferences in Win 2008 R2 gpmc?
I have performed some research, and it appears that I can target both XP and 7 clients with group policy preferences to add a shared printer.
This article describes the presence of a Shared Printer ...
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Way to ungroup printers when multiple printers share the same IP/port?
We have a print server that contains roughly 30-40 printers. In the past they have created a new printer name, but direct it to the same IP/port so we can have as many as 5 or 6 printer names all ...
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Can I find a print job's spool ID to find it in the spool/Printers directory?
I have a Windows 2008 R2 server we are using as a print server. We are encountering issues with some print jobs and I need to be able to look at a print job in one of printers and then go find the ...
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Windows 2008 Terminal Services "Easy Print" and Matrix Printers
Server: Windows 2008 Server Standard SP2 with "Terminal Services" role
Clients: Windows XP SP3 + .NET 3.5 Framework SP1 + Remote Desktop Client 7.0
We are using "Easy Print" feature which allows ...
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Linux CUPS auto re-add printer?
We have a Redhat machine (2.6.9-42.ELsmp) that runs CUPS. Once in a while, people send big files to the printer, and it gets stuck, so they restart the printer. After 300 seconds of it not responding, ...
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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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File & Printer Sharing not working on Windows Server 2008 R2
When trying to share an existing printer i receive the following error message:
printer settings could not be saved. operation could not be completed (error 0x00000001)
I have already tried ...
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2008 R2 RDS Client Printers Disappearing?
So my issue is something I can find nothing on and is very hard to track down. I am working with Microsoft and Citrix support but am getting nowhere and my client is becoming frustrated on the lack ...
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Are dot matrix printers still used anywhere?
I remember working as a summer IT support guy in a warehouse where orders were printed on carbon copy paper using a dot matrix printer.
Are those noisy beasts still around in some special uses or is ...
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How can I set up Nagios to Monitor a Canon iR 3035?
I've been googling for how to set up printer monitoring - especially for Canon printers. This is because I have a Canon iR 3035 that I want to monitor for toner problems, paper jams, and paper outages....
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Jobs stuck in Print Queue on print server
I have a Server 2003 machine acting as a print server for about 20 printers. There is 1 printer which we are having issues with and it has 104 documents in its queue.
I have attempted the "Cancel ...
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How to track usage of a HP Network Printer?
I have a HP Printer (HP Color LaserJet CM1312 MFP Series PCL 6) installed which is used by nearly 200 PCs through LAN. I want to track the usage like:
Who (IP Address) initiated the print task
Time
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Best practice deploy printer in 2012R2 RDSH?
I have 3 servers with 2012 R2 RDS Session Host, where my users log on.
I have 4 printers.
What is best practice to deploy these 4 printers to my users?...
Using GPO shared printers or Deploy ...
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Checking RAW file sended to network printer
I have a problem with tracking down an issue with printing specific types of reports (invoice) from an ERP system on Xerox network printers.
The ERP system use SAP Crystal Reports to generate ...
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How to monitor Xerox printer jobs?
I'm trying to write a system for monitoring around 200 network printers using SNMP (Java SNMP4J library). The printers are mainly Xerox Phasers and Workcentres.
Now, I need to get:
the number of ...
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HP laserjet shows offline on server but is pingable
We have three HP Laserjet 9000n printers, in addition to others, networked on Server 2003 R2. The three printers are wired through a Linksys mini switch. All three printers have appropriate drivers ...
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Repurcussions to installing printer as SYSTEM?
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We have an app that runs as a service as the SYSTEM on a 2K8R2 server but, the account used to run it needs to have a printer installed in its profile for certain functionality to work ...
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Has anyone managed to install an HP All-In-One printer on 64-bit Windows
I'm trying to set up an HP All-In-One printer (6310) on a 64-bit Windows 7 system. The setup for the driver software runs OK, but fails to connect to the printer across the network. I haven't tried ...
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How do I setup Printers for all Users on a Win XP workstation?
There are approx 15 User profiles on a Windows XP workstation.
I want to install some network printers to all User profiles. I installed some to the local administrator account thinking I was ...
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Issue with printer installation using GPP and printer separator file "pcl.sep"
We have a Kyocera CS 5551 ci printer that is shared on a server. The shared printer is configured to use the standard pcl.sep separator file and it has always worked. About 4 or 5 months ago if not ...
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Exporting and Importing Printer Settings using PowerShell
I am looking for a solution to export settings which were made on a specific printer which uses for example a "CAB A3 300DPI" Driver and import them afterwards on a diffrent device, which is using the ...
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Prints sent to redirected remote desktop printers do not print
I have an HP Photosmart 7510 printer attached to my workstation (Windows 8.1 x64) that is functioning properly. I RDP into a 2012 R2 x64 server and print a simple string from notepad.exe to the ...
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Windows Server 2008: How to add a network printer to all users in Active Directory
We have an office with about 10 members and 4 printers. All of the printers are network printers with their own IP adress. All the users are part of the smae group in Active Diretory. The AD is ...
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Scripted HP printer configuration changes
I've got about a dozen Windows XP machines that I need to make a couple specific printer configuration changes to. The printer is local "virtual" printer connected to a program for an electronic ...
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Limiting which printers a Remote Desktop Services user sees
I have an RDS server with about a dozen printers installed. Is there a way to remove all buta few certain printers for a particular user? I don't mean that I want to "secure" the other printers to ...
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Printer monitoring script (PowerShell)
I am going to write a script of some sort to check event viewer in a windows server 2003 for all printjobs, and then write them to a comma delimited textfile like printername_floor_room.txt
I am ...
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Use Nagios to monitor toner levels of local USB printers
I have a bunch of computers with local USB attached printers.
I'd like to be able to monitor things like paper jams and toner levels with Nagios but all I've been able to find involves using SNMP.
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Network Printer or Share Printer on Server?
Small office, <10 users.
USB printer which also has a network port. Is it better to share the printer by plugging the usb into the sevrer, and do a windows share, or use the built in network port?
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NAGIOS: How to disable toner checking when the network printer is down?
I would like to monitor the toner level of a network printer using nagios3.
I have everything I need to access the toner level using SNMP.
But, when the printer is off, I have an error "Host is down"...
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Tricerat Screwdrivers alternative [closed]
Is there another solution I could use instead of
http://www.tricerat.com/products/screwdrivers
I have used them but the maintenance expired and now we have to move our servers from 2003 to 2008 ...
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How to choose a printer for a mixed windows/mac office?
I am working on a process for choosing and purchasing a printer for a small office. Has anyone got advice on how to weigh criteria? We've already got two devices that meet some needs, and are open to ...
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Obtaining scans from HP LaserJet CM2320mf via email
I am trying, since I purchased the laser printer, to use the scan to email functionality, so far to no success and no lack of trying.
The printer does not support sending emails via authentication. ...
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