Can't Remove Printer Drivers in Windows 7 32-bit
On one of our Windows 7 machines at work I am unable to remove any of the printer drivers that are currently installed on it. I have tried to remove them as the domain admin, and local admin with no...
View ArticleUsing print server with MacOS computers
Hi everyone!We have a Windows Server 2008 R2 acting as a print server. Printing to Windows PCs isn't an issue but things get a little more complicated when deploying printers to MacOS computers. With...
View ArticleUnable to receive fax on server 2012 r2, sending faxes is not a problem
Hello,I am running a server installed with 2012 r2, fully updated, connected with a 56K USB controller dial-up External Faxmodem with Voice, downloaded the newest driver for 2012.Added the role: Fax...
View ArticleWindows Server 2008 R2 Printer Migration
Hi Guys,This is more of a reassurance than a question but i just want to be 100% sure.I'm a second line engineer trying to gain exposure into third line and i have been given a small project to migrate...
View Article'Paper Available' box / 'printMediaReady' registry key not sticking
I am running a print server on Windows Server 2008 R2. When you open the printer properties box, on the general tab, there is a 'Paper Available' box. All the printers pretty much all say 'letter' in...
View ArticleServer 2012 R2 PDF Printing issues
Hi allI'm cross posting here as it seems this hasn't been discussed on Technet yet.There seems to be a fundamental issue printing PDFs on 2012 R2 RDS.Adobe Reader, Sumatra PDF, different printers &...
View ArticleDesktop creating printers on server 03
I was going through event viewer and noticed I had a lot of warnings under my system tab. Source is Print with Three different event IDs 3, 4, and 8. event ID 3 reads "Printer iR2870(2) (from...
View ArticleCan I add a printer twice, for two paper sizes?
Can I add a printer twice, for two paper sizes? I want to add one network printer twice to my Vista 64bit computer, using 'Add Printer' so that I can print directly to 8.5 inch by 11 inch paper or to...
View ArticleConnect to Printer Error WINSER2012
I Created a print server so easier control over all my printers in my company about (20)It used to work great but now I get the below error when connecting the printers from client PC's by using the...
View ArticleProblems deploying printers
Hi,I've some bizarre problems when deploying printers, so I just hope you can give me few hints on where or what to check here.We've one domain, 2 DC (older, physical dc is 2003 and vm one as...
View ArticleCannot connect to printer hosted on a Win2012 Server with a Windows 7-64bit...
I have a Windows 2012 Server set up offering print services to our network, there are about 20 printers set up all deployed via group policy. Recently, on one of our Windows 7 machines I am finding...
View ArticleCan I use powershell to delete emails through a certaint date...?
I have been researching how to delete emails from powershell have had no luck...However I did find commandlits stating "get-mailbox" should do the trick but I am on Powershell version 1 with outlook...
View ArticlePrint server replication
Hello All,I have two 2008 R2 machine. one of them is main print server and another is backup. right now, on backup, I install manually the drivers. I want to know that is there some way to replicate...
View ArticleSwap Printer Server IP address issue
We are tested on a DR printer solution with Windows 2008 R2 SP1We are thinking to install printer servers – PSA (192.168.1.1) and PSB (192.168.1.2). Both Sever installed same print queue name and...
View ArticlePrinting General Troubleshooting Guide
Hi everyoneI wanted to share some good links for general help for the spooler subsystem. Troubleshooting Windows Server 2012 PrintingPrint Spooler Crash Troubleshooting StepsSetPrint.ps1: A Powershell...
View ArticlePrint Management MMC is unstable to a degree that is honestly shocking.
Any reason why this MMC continually crashes during practically any operation? Never mind that dialogs don't come up when going for printer properties. 10th crash today trying to manage printers...
View ArticleUse rundll32, PrintUI, PrintUIEntry to set a color printer to Black and White...
I am working on creating a PrintUI Entry login script that will force a color printer's settings to use Black and White and also to print on a single-side of a page.The scenario: We have multiple...
View ArticleGetting "Driver Update Needed".
We have a 2008 r2 server containing printers being shared from a Windows XP Pro computer, with the drivers delivered from that XP box. When I open the printer on the server in question, I get the...
View ArticlePrinters not showing up on printer server
Our company has a bunch of printers set up on a printer server. I used to be able to see them all by clicking on the Windows start button, then clicking on computer, and typing \\{server name} in the...
View ArticleWin 8 and 8.1 client showing shared printer server as offline
Hi, we have a problem with our print environment (HP and Ricoh printers). We have some Windows 8 and 8.1 clients and a Windows Server 2008 R2 printserver.Windows 8 and 8.1 is showing the printers as...
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