Questions tagged [print-server]
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How do print servers work?
This is more of a conceptual question than a question about an actual setup in practice.
Let's say I have a network printer, a print server (server A) and workstations B and C that will use the print services. (All of them are in the same…
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Can I disable WSD (Web Services for Devices) on Server 2012/R2? How?
I am looking for a way to disable WSD on Server 2012 and Server 2012 R2. Basically, a number of our printers on a number of our print server have decided that using this bloody service is better than using the TCP/IP ports they were assigned, and…
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Why use a print server?
We have 3 network-printers to manage for about 50 users.
Until now we have used a Windows 2003 Server Domain Controller with print service as our print server, but we are migrating many services to the cloud (e-mail, file storage, databases, dns,…
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bad printer isolation on print server or better way?
I have noticed that when a printer or driver screws up on a Windows server it usually locks up or kills the print spooler and everyone can't print until it is fixed. Usually we have to put the troublesome printer on another server so when it fails,…
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Mapping printers using Group Policy Preferences; works on Windows XP, not on Windows 7 x64
I'm trying to use Group Policy Preferences to manage user connections to shared printers.
The print server is Windows Server 2003 R2 Std edition. Several printers are installed, and I've added x64 editions of all the drivers to the print server as…
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How to use AD/GPO/Print Services to "push out" a new printer driver to replace a broken one? How did my server get a broken driver?
Context:
We have an AD/GPO-managed corporate network with a little over a hundred PCs running Windows 7 x64, and a few managed printers. Our Server2008R2 primary domain controller is configured as a print server for them all.
Problem:
After a…
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Desktop Networked Printer Management on Active Directory Environment
Right now all of our network printers are funneled thru a single Windows server. The printers are then deployed to the desktops via Group Policy.
However, should this server fail then the networked printers all go "poof" and no one can print.…
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Mac OS X printing to CUPS - More intuitive authentication failure?
We have a network-wide CUPS server that offers authenticated printer access to all our campus users. We've been pretty disappointed with the way Mac clients handle bad printing authentication, though.
In any other authentication dialog, when a user…
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Deploying Printers to Computers vs. Users via GPO
When I deploy a printer:
to computers via GPO, it seems to deploy to Windows XP machines only.
to users via GPO, it deploys to both Windows XP and Windows 7 machines.
When I look in the RSoP Snap-in, it shows the policy hitting the computer…
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OS X clients ignoring Windows print server permissions
I'm in the process of testing a Windows Server 2008 R2 print server for a mixed OS X/Windows environment.
Any security permissions (AD groups) I set for the printers on the print server are not honoured by the OS X clients. Only if I remove…
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Remove printers from directory that were on an old server
I had a standalone Windows 2012 box that was acting as the printer server in my domain. Since then I've removed it and moved printer hosting elsewhere.
However, when I open up the directory (through "add a network printer"), I still see printers…
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Can't access network or printer shares
All of a sudden on our network, none of the client machines can see any of the network shares or shared printers at all (XP clients, SBS2003 server), and cannot browse the domain via "My Network Places." I've looked through the event logs, but…
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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 tried:
Installed Printer Driver In Printer…
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Print server vs. printer sharing on Windows Server
On my new Windows Server 2012 I've installed a printer and shared it via the Sharing tab:
I'm not in a Windows domain (just a regular work group) and printing works fine.
Now there's also the "Print and Ducment Services" role - which includes the…
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Windows Server 2008 R2 Print Server - Change Printer Names on All Client Systems
I have a Windows Server 2008 R2 print server set up hosting out multiple printers to my end users. I would like to change the naming convention for all of the printers hosted on the print server and want this change reflected on the client end.
For…
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