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Questions tagged [printer]

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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 printer they still get an error that says no driver…
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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 printers, and as we added Win7 systems (64 bit) we…
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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 programs running on server to "see" printers…
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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, it was never an issue. The OS left them alone…
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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, the printer becomes UNavailable. CUPS will then…
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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 of movement, which is why I'm posting here! The…
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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 deleted the printer and added it again, they could print…
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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 restarting the spooler and server service (including…
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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 item on the New menu in the group policy…
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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 pointing to the same device. On Windows Server 2003…
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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 associated .SPL file in the…
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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 reports, and I think the problem is not with Crystal…
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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 Status: Success or Failure How many Pages Color or…
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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 same driver. To do that I want to use…
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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 redirected printer but nothing is printed. In the…
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