Questions tagged [shared-printers]
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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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Network printer - Print direct or via shared printer on Server?
It has occurred to me that a workstation can connect to a printer in either of two ways:
Printing directly to the IP of the printer with the print driver installed locally.
Printing to a \\Server\Printer1 share with the print queue residing on the…
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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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Select appropriate network printer for Remote Desktop based on Thin Client location
I'm setting up my organization's first Terminal Server / Remote Desktop Session Host (RDSH) for Lab use. We are a college, and I am wanting to use this server (or more servers configured similarly in a farm) to power other labs on campus as well. …
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Best practice for printer ACLs
I have a question about shared printers, and how to best limit access to them.
I have a printer shared from our print server (\\server01\printer01) and I locked it down to just the security groups that should have access via the share security tab. …
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Displaying CUPS shared printers in a user's printer list on OS X Lion
Background
We have a primarily Linux environment, but we have 40 Macs to support. I'm trying to integrate them into our standardized print system. We have about 50 printers shared from a CUPS server with CUPS Browsing.
Current Status
I have modified…
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Server 2008 R2 - Unable to install any printer drivers
My problem is exactly this same as described here:
Server 2008 R2 - Unable to install any printer drivers Options - google groups
I have few Windows 2008 R2 (no SP1) servers in remote offices, mostly in Domain Controller, and many of them have…
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"bitness" and printer servers
Question; we have been trying to get a new printer server configured, and with the organization starting to move into the Windows 7 wagon and mixing 32 bit legacy (XP) systems with 32- and 64- bit Win7 systems, we needed to get specs in place for…
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Server 2008 print server with existing printers
I recently started new job and one of my tasks is to look into all systems and ensure they are properly configured and running at optimal settings.
One of the issues I run into is the print server. Apparently my predecessor has set up the print…
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Deploying printers to specific users via Group Policy
I have noticed two different ways of deploying printers to specific user with Group Policy in Windows Server 2012. The first method is by creating separate GPOs for each group, and the second method is adding all printers to one GPO and then using…
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Google Cloud Print Fails - Finding Logs?
Recently we've been seeing Google Cloud Print Service fail to print on Xerox printers.
We're relatively sure it's a Drivers issue.
When attempting to Print to a Xerox printer, the Cloud Print portal will report a failed job while all future attempts…
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Group policy deployed printer: One duplicates?
As a preface, no this doesn't have to do with Remote Desktop's Redirected printers at all.
I've deployed an HP printer (called \Manager\Picasso) under User Configuration in a Group Policy object. This is fine, works great, I can print ok.
The…
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Does anyone know how to get cross-forest printers in the ADDS "printer directory?"
I'm in the midst of an active-directory forest migration at the moment, and in addition to that, the powers that be have decided to start on an upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7 for our client PCs. This has left me with something of a problem…
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Powershell: Understanding Printer DACLs
I'm attempting to read and eventually write the DACLs for printers shared from my print server. Here's what I have so far, based on scripts found around the internet:
$pace = DATA {
ConvertFrom-StringData -StringData @'
983052 =…
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Windows - Find Printer Name from IP address
Trying to find the Printer Queue name with IP address.
Printer is hosted on a Server.
Searched in AD for the IP - but no luck.
nbtstat returned the device name, but it does not exist in the AD.
I know for sure the printer exist in the network on a…
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