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How to manage multiple printers?

I have about 15 printers in my organization. We are currently dealing with the problem that when we change or add one (or god forbid, more) printers we have to go to each client PC, remove the old printer, install the new one, etc. (more than a days…
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CUPS Print Server; Multiple Destinations

We have about 15 printers in our office, each one a different make or model, and requiring a different driver, with differing locations as well, ranging from peoples desks to breakrooms. Due to this, many of the computers only have access to a hand…
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W7 machine unable to connect to printers hosted by 2003 R2 Print Management Service

I'm currently testing Windows 7 x64 within our business ahead of finally moving all computers off of Windows XP. Everything seemed to go swimmingly until recently my desktop has been unable to connect to printers managed by our print management…
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Manage printers / change passwords on multiple printers

I need to change two specific settings on MANY printers. Most are HP. I was given a print server from someone who has left. I need to change all the notification emails to go elsewhere as well as the configuration admin password on each…
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Can't find good info on how to setup a printer server on OSX leopard server edition

Can anyone point in the direction of some good resources on how to do this?
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Managing print jobs - Output jobs from different users to different trays

Is there a way from any printer vendor, or perhaps with Windows Print Spooling to send print jobs from different users to output on a different tray? For example, slipping smaller jobs in between larger jobs and popping them out on tray 2 while the…
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Alternative to WMI for querying shared printers

I have an environment with several hundred computers. I am trying to write vBscript that runs and adds the appropriate printer. The printer names can be determined using clues about the computer name. My script (a little dirty due to debugging)…
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Removing print driver from print server

How can I remove driver from print server? Actually I remove it with print server snap-in, but I also need to clear all footprints it left (registry, folders etc.). Anyone knows?
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Can't share HP laserjet 500 on windows 2003 R2 server

I added a HP laserjet 500 M551 to a windows 2003 R2 server, acting as a print server. I can print from the printserver, but I can not share it. It tells me "sharing is not supported for this type of printer". I have tried the "HP Universal Print…
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Windows 2008 R2 Print Server load 32 bit drivers

I am trying to load HP 32bit drivers on w2k8r2. For my other printer deployments, I have had no problems but all of the conventional workarounds (i.e. installing on a 32bit pc then pushing it to the server, etc.) is not helping me. For example, if…
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How to remotely monitor the windows LPD service from Nagios

We have a Windows Server 2003 R2 machine running an LPD service for us as part of an ERP implementation. I use Nagios to monitor the network and have this host set up already. I am now trying to set up a service to monitor the Windows LPD service…
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d-link print servers and logging

I have a d-link print server in my network. (dpr-2000) It has a print log which displays which computers in the network have sent print jobs. But it only saves the last 20 history. Is there any way so that i can grab this info from the print server…
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Remote monitoring Windows print server queue

I would like to remotely monitor (and delete and/or reprint some jobs) the printing queues of a Windows print server, based on a Windows 2008 Server. What is the best way to do this? Thanks in advance Update: the OS we will monitoring from is…
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Should terminal server clients use FQDNs with a W2K8 print server?

We have a network with Windows 2008 R2 Terminal Servers and a print server, and experience printing problems every morning which disappear after a while. The IT department seems to have no idea what the reason could be. The users connect using RDP…
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Access print server through firewall?

At my workplace, we have two fiber networks setup, one for the business network and the other for process control (industrial manufacturing). On the business network, there is a standard print server that all computers on the business network can…
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