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install a printer on my network that is physically located on another network

Question is the gist of it. We have a client that VPN's into our network and uses Remote Desktop to access our software. She needs to print reports to her desk. When she tries to add a printer it, obviously, only sees our printers here because she's…
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Print jobs sent to server OK, but then get deleted

I have 2 HP computers, one running Win XP SP3, one running Win7. I have a Lexmark X4270 All-in-One printer attached to the Win7 machine via a USB port. I can print OK from the Win 7 machine, but when I print from the WinXP machine, the print job…
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Deploy Printers GPO not working after PrintNightmare restrictions

I am trying to use a GPO to deploy printers to Windows 10 workstaions in our domain. On a Windows Server 2016 DC, the policy that I am using is under Computer Configuration->Policies->Windows Settings->Printer Connections. I added the path…
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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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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 Configuration GPO), quote: ...Updates the default…
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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 it's only 3 different physical printers, those 3…
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Managing Network Printers in Non-AD enviroment

My school uses G Suite so AD has been made pretty much redundant apart from 5/10 office staff who still use their domain accounts and access file shares. Now, most of the staff use their own personal computers or shared computers with just a single…
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SNMP is it possible to monitor shared printers?

I have a folowing Network scheme: Server has PrintServer role enabled and printers is shared. I want to monitor printers state/errors through SNMP from any user PC but problem is that I haven't acess to any printer directly through IP address…
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Slow printing to shared printer from terminal services

A printer (LaserJet P1006) connected to a Windows XP workstation is shared to the network. The user is connected to the printer from a Server 2008 terminal services session. (Local printer redirection via RDP is not used, because the printer name…
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Map a USB printer connected to a domain PC locally on a workgroup server

My customer has a domain with a number of workstations. Some of these workstations have USB printers attached. They have a server (2008 R2) that is on a workgroup outside of the domain which the users connect to in order to use legacy…
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How do I successfully deploy shared printers via GPO? Windows 10 Pro + Windows Server 2012 R2

I keep getting a GPO error 0x80070bcb on my Windows 10 Pro clients when trying to install a Brother shared network printer. Apparently this error means it can't find a driver (or can't install it). The printer is shared from a Windows Server 2012…
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Printer outputting seemingly useless strings

Simple printing setup. 3 machines, 2 printers. One prints invoices, other prints misc documents. We use $300-400 range dell laser printers. Usually they work great. 3 times now, we have replaced the printers with the same and different models.…
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Group policy printers not deploying - insufficient system resources

We have our Staff printers policy applied to our Staff users OU. This policy has ~60 printers deployed as Shared printers via Preferences. All bar 2 of these printers are item level-targeted to OUs or security groups containing computers. The…
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Printers deployed by group policy - separate policies or all in one?

We have 60 printers deployed by group policy on a 2008 R2 level domain. They are set as Group Policy Preferences in User configuration. They're all item level targeted to OUs and Security Groups containing Computers to give us the flexibility we…
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Collecting PC to Printer relationship information across an entire domain using a script

I'm trying to create a script which will enable view every PC to Printer relationship across an entire domain of around 1200 machines. In theory I am looking for a script to be run so that it will publish all the information it finds into a text…
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