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Printing is the writing of data in a human-readable format onto durable media such as paper.

Printing is the writing of data in a human-readable format onto durable media such as paper.

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Windows Server 2012 R2 loses network shared printers

I have one Windows Server 2012 R2 virtual machine on the ESXi server. It has RDS role, so multiple users can use it at the same time. Via GPO the user account receives some basic settings like shortcuts on the desktop, printers settings and etc.…
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LPR on Windows: Can you specify # of copies?

In Linux, you can use lpr -#5 foo.txt to get 5 copies of a document when sending to an LPD-based print server. The Windows (XP, 2003, 2008) version of LPR supplied by MS doesn't seem to have this option, though. Does anyone know if there's a…
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How to print from sh file

File prindi.sh contains /usr/bin/lpr –P SL-M3325ND
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Print Pass-through on Windows Server 2008 queues

We are migrating a number of print queues off a Windows 2000 server onto a 2008 server. We send print jobs to these queues from a remote Unix box, typically just plain ascii text reports. On the 2000 server these reports pass-through unaltered and…
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How can I give my printer a hostname other people on the network will see?

This is one of those questions I'm a bit embarrassed to ask, suspecting that there's a small (but very important) gap in what I've taught myself about networks over the last couple years. Basically, I've got a Xerox 1600n plugged into the network,…
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2012 R2 print server not showing file names on Event id 307

I'm having trouble logging detailed information on my print server. Operational logging is enabled and working. The event ID 307 displays information about the jobs printed, but instead of the file name it shows: "Print document". I refeered to the…
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Printer stops working after reboot

Problem with Samsung printer driver installation. In a nutshell: one thin client (O.S Suse Linux) one usb printer (Samsung ml 1640) After installing the specific manufacturer driver, the printer works perfectly except that after rebooting the…
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Print queue tracking

I would like to track printing to network printers. Specifically, how many color prints each user is printing to specific Windows server print queues. I've found a product that does something similar by Ricoh called PCS Director but it is…
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Group Policy to disable Printer Preferences

Can someone please advise on how we can disable users being able to open Printer Preferences on network printers that they have added to their computers? We have deployed around 100 new printers with predefined agreed settings (such as duplex…
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Add 32-bit printer drivers to 64-bit windows server programmatically

GOAL: To install both x64 and x32 drivers for printers on a Windows 2012 R2 print server automatically. INFORMATION: So far, I've been able to install x64 print drivers with no problem. My attempt to install x32 on existing printers is below: # -…
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Is print job data stored locally or on the server side when I use a Windows print server?

I have read Why use a print server? and it does not indicate the location of print job data. When I restarted the local printer service today to fix a problem with a stuck job, all jobs disappeared (not only the stuck job). I assume that documents…
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Automatically pause print jobs on server 2008r2

Is there an easy (and bonus: free?) way to have a printer hosted on server2008r2 automatically pause any print job that comes to it? I've searched for an answer for this, but all my search results are threads from people trying to fix paused jobs…
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Installing printers drivers in Windows 7 clients with Win server 2003 AD

Dears, I've an issue with installing drivers on windows 7 which keep asking for permission to add the printer driver on other hand i haven't faced this issue with XP clients. My AD is windows server 2003 I've disabled point and print restrictions…
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Printer Redirection RDS Gateway

I have a 2012 R2 RDS environment with a Farm containing two RDS servers, RDS Broker and RDS Gateway. Previously, I had printer redirection disabled, but I'm bringing on some users that need this functionality. I tried managing the functionality with…
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Server 2012 Internet printing - no connect button

I have a Windows Server 2012 with Print Services installed and IPP (Internet Printing) enabled. I can get to the page http://PrintServer/Printers without issue, but there is no connect button. All of the other buttons are shown and can be clicked.…
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