Dell Open Print driver replaces the Location field with the printer model
Whenever I create a new print queue and set it to use the Dell Open Print driver, either through the GUI or via the WMI_Printer class, it identifies the model of printer and populates the Location...
View ArticlePrint Driver being modifyied
We are having problems very similar to the issues described in http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverprint/thread/e2acb625-027d-47a9-b4a7-1616e270bcbcEvery day we are having 8-15...
View ArticleSPOOLSV.exe modfying client printer driver registry; printer driver becomes...
Hi,I'm facing an issue with a print driver on client PC being broken. Problem Description:During normal operation of some client PCs, the HP Universal Printer driver becomes non functional due to the...
View ArticleOffice programs hanging after print server change; some old printers wont...
This is a multi-pronged question, forgive if I over explain but I'm not quite sure where the problem lies.About a week ago, I moved our network printers from one server to another, in order to get them...
View ArticleWindows Server 2008 R2 Print Management
Every since we switched over to our new Virtual Print Server, we have had nothing but problems. If we do anything on the Print Server, like adding a new driver....random clients throughout the Company...
View ArticleAdding x64 Client Driver to x86 Windows SBS 2003
Hi, I am trying to add the additional x64 drivers to our Windows 2003 SBS 32bit server using the additional driver method from the sharing tab in printer properties.I have successfully pointed the...
View Articlehow to migrate 800+ print queues in stages?
Hi there,We have a Windows 2003 32bit server hosting 800+ print queues, which is crazy... Now we create 4 Windows 2008R2 64bit servers. How can we split the 800+ queues to the 4 new servers? PRINTBRM...
View ArticleRedundant Printing
Hi, I have a question regarding printer pools. I need high availability (!) printing, but I read that all members of a printer pool act as one printer. If one member would go offline, all others also...
View ArticlePrint document's name in Event Log ID #307 on Server 2012
Creating a new printer server using Windows Server 2012. Everything is working out fine so far, however I just ran into one problem that didn't happen in our Server 2008R2 print server.When looking at...
View Articleon 64-bit 2k8 server, trying to add x86 drivers asks for ntprint.inf
I've read the relevant threads, and no one seems to be having my exact problem. The server is a 64-bit 2008 server with the print role installed. I can add x64 drivers fine, but when trying to add...
View ArticleI can't access workgroup network resources from domain client
I have very strange problem in network and I hope to find answer here ... I have domain controller and joined all PCs to , except some computer for some issue must still in workgroup network including...
View ArticleExcel 2010 ignores print server's default color settings.
Our Setup:Printers are hosted on Server 2008 R2 Print Server. Two local printers are created on the print server for each Xerox MFP that we have. Example: Xerox MFP (B&W) - Default settings are...
View ArticleServer 2012 Event 307 - Printed Document Name
I created a printer monitoring system that pulls events from the event logs of a server and then compiles this information into reports. I can tell how many pages printed per printer for a period of...
View ArticleRunaway Print Spooler splwow64.exe
Can anyone tell me where I can get a clean version of splwow64.exe for Windows 7 - my current version seems to be corrupted and takes over all available PC memory and 70-80% of the disk transfer...
View Articleusing Generic text only to print directly to txt file
Im using generic text only driver to print directly in a txt file, the driver port is a local folder in my computer. When using generic text only driver im not able to print more than 100 lines in the...
View ArticleXerox printer defaults reset to manufacturer
Hello,We have been experiencing a reoccurring problem on our Windows 2008 print server. We make changes to the default settings on most of Xerox MFDs (disabling the banner ID page, changing the print...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 Print Server Issue
I have a Windows Server 2012 Print Server (and domain controller) with about 15 HP LaserJet 4050N's added to it. I am using the HP universal driver, as I couldn't find a another one that would work. I...
View ArticlePrint Server - print spool location
Hi All,We have recently set-up a new print server and the print spooler location is still the default location on the C: drive system 32 folder, what are the benefits of moving this to another drive?...
View ArticleNew 2008 R2 Print Server x86 Support
I'm building a new 2008 R2 Print Server and have come across a HP LaserJet 4000tn model in our domain. According to HP's website, I should use the driver already on the Operating System. When I start...
View ArticlePrint drivers on Windows 7 clients missing dependent files
The support group is still working on this issue. The KB has some workaround instructions but not a code solution. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2864755Alan Morris Windows Printing Team
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