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Printer Deploy - Remote Machines Win7/XP Printbrm.exe

Curious if anyone else has a solution for the problem I seem to be facing. Have a target collection of computers that is a mix of XP and win7 not caring at the moment about processor architecture. I ...
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Forward windows print jobs from one printer to another [duplicate]

Is there a sensible way to forward print jobs from one printer to another (both having them print out) in windows?
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How to delete parallel ports on Windows XP SP3

Im trying to delete the extra parallel ports that come with Windows XP SP3. I've tried deleting the ports through the method recommended by Microsoft ie through Printer & Faxes/File/Server ...
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Printer printing a small picture on top of same big picture

I am trying to print out a picture, and for some reason the printer is printing out a small picture in the corner of the same big picture. I can not find any help on how to fix this. I am sick of ...
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CPrintDialog::OnInitDialog does not get called every time [duplicate]

I am using MyPrintDialog extended CPrintDialog. The problem is: OnInitDialog() method of MyPrintDialog does not get called on first time when the application try to open Print dialog. I am trying to ...
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Select different printer based on paper size automaticly

I have the following problem: I have got two printers (an A4 printer and an A3 printer) I created 2 printers on the computer named very clearly A3 Printer and A4 Printer. But apparently that's too ...
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128 views

How can I see a log of printed files?

In my office, we have a great laser printer/hole puncher/stapler/duplexer that I use for 99% of my printing. Unfortunately, it is at the other side of the building. While the exercise is obviously ...
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Cannot print to a networked printer

Where I work we have many networked printers and all of them work fine except for a single Brother black and white printer. It has worked in the past but no one is able to print to it now. Normally ...
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Remove last page from printjob

I have an application that recently received a patch that added a page I don't want to the end of every print job. Is there a virtual printer that removes the last page, and then prints to the ...
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1answer
86 views

How do I share a printer that is attached to a Fedora computer?

I have a computer running Fedora 17 with a Xerox Phaser 6360N attached to it. I need to share that printer to a LAN computer running Windows 7. How do I do this? Preferably without Samba.
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168 views

Cannot access network printer from windows 7 PCs

We have several printers in the office - 2 are connected to the network via ethernet cables, and another is connected to our "server" (which is actually a Windows XP machine). The problem is that none ...
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144 views

sharing a USB printer in SOHO environment

Here is a situation I am facing, there is USB printer which works only on a Windows XP machine, there are other devices in LAN it is a Small Office Home Office environment. How can this USB ...
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398 views

How to find the INF file in an installed printer driver

I had installed a printer driver on a Window 7 x64 machine using the selection Windows offer. I do not have the driver disk, nor can I download the driver one the web or the vendor website (I don't ...
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967 views

Computer does not have USB001 Virtual Printer Port for USB

Win 7 Pro x64 machine on a company domain network does not have the ability to add a USB printer for some reason. All other computers do. In the Add Local Printer section, there's no USB001 (Virtual ...
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1answer
437 views

Print job leaves queue but document isn't printed

I'm dealing with an HP Deskjet F380 All-in-One printer. It's connected via USB to a desktop running Windows 7 Enterprise x64. If I attempt to print something like a web page or a word document, the ...
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1answer
597 views

How to set printer permissions using PowerShell / some other script?

I need to update printer's permissions in a script, i.e. do the same as I would manually do this way: Open Devices and Printers applet Double-click the default printer (open its queue) Go to Printer ...
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237 views

Windows 7, Printer is unavailable until PC reboot

We are having a problem that I haven't seen before and can find no answers to online. A desktop running Windows 7 is unable to print using network printers. When the user tries, no matter what ...
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HP Laserjet 1320 drivers for Windows 7

Background I replaced som XP computers with Win 7 computers. We have a HP Laserjet 1320dn printer attached to the LAN. The XP computers could print to it from Word in duplex mode without any issues. ...
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81 views

Printer interfacing - colour data

How does windows send colour data to printer and how does printer translate the data into ink proportions? e.g. If I have some text in MS Word with font colour of some RGB values and my printer has ...
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1answer
183 views

How can I get network printer autodiscovery working on a LAN network?

I am working in a small company running Windows 7 with Active Directory, and we have two self-hosted printers on the network (a Dell 2335dn B&W MFP, and a 2155cn color MFP). I can connect to ...
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194 views

What's the Windows “PORTPROMPT:” printer port?

When selecting the port for a new printer in Windows you can pick LPT1, COM2, etc. There's a FILE: option that does a "Print to File" (it's been around for many versions of Windows). I see on my Win8 ...
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1k views

Mac Bonjour "You do not have sufficient access to your computer to connect to the selected printer”

Have Mac desktop with USB printer. Attempting to share with PC over wireless. Getting message "You do not have sufficient access to your computer to connect to the selected printer” On Mac side, ...
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Windows 7 Busy Icon won't stop spinning

In windows 7 you have the busy icon that is a little blue wheel spinning beside the cursor when it is doing something. It has started to spin for about a second every 3-5 seconds. There is noting ...
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1answer
833 views

How to flush printer queue via command line on Windows 7?

How can I flush the printer queue with cmd.exe on Windows 7?
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677 views

Having the same printer installed two times with different configurations

We have a networked laser printer at work which we use for two different tasks. One of them needs high quality printing, and for the other we prefer to use the lowest quality available, mainly for ...
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1answer
690 views

HP CP5225 print colour with Windows 7 64-bit drivers

According to the HP website, the following operating systems are supported: Compatible operating systems Microsoft® Windows® 2000 XP Home XP Professional Server 2003 XP Media ...
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Is there a way to allow standard users to restart (stop/start) the Print Spooler?

For some reason, multiple laptops on our wifi network often lose the ability to print to a device attached to a server on the network. Restarting the Print Spooler on each laptop fixes the issue. ...
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1answer
188 views

How to enter a printer command in the printer driver?

A client is using an Epson TM-U590 single sheet printer. This printer has a top print margin of 18.9mm, but I need to print prior to that. There is a way to achieve this by reverse feeding the paper. ...
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86 views

Windows: Add samba printer at each logon

All, I currently have a samba printer shared at \\%ServerIP%\Printer1 which requires credentials to connect. Users can easily add the printer with the printer wizard. However, the printer will stop ...
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1answer
880 views

How can I provide a local alternate name for a printer in Windows 7?

On my work network, each of the printers has a very generic name, the only unique part consisting of a number at the end of the printer name. Is there a way to allow me to provide a local name or ...
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1answer
279 views

Share printer with Win XP server and Win 7 client

I have a 32 bit Windows XP computer with a installed Epson R200 printer. I shared this printer and want to use it with a 64 bit Windows 7 system, now. But the problem is, that the Windows 7 client ...
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1answer
123 views

Network printing solutions for printers unsupported in a 64bit O/S

We have a small (>10) network of Windows computers, mostly running 32bits XP and one HP LaserJet 2840 printer plugged in (via USB) to one of the XP computers. The computer that has the printer ...
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1answer
2k views

Printer spooler service stop running when sent print job

Every time i am sending a print job to the printer, i am don't get any response from the printer, and at the printer job list at the status of the job, i see that there was an Error, but it don't give ...
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Printing to two Printers at the same time

I have two thermal receipt printers installed on a PC. Is there a way to print to two printers at the same time? Using Windows XP. It will be printed via browser.
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How do I use a USB printer as a COM port?

How do I make my USB printer simulate a COM port? I tried the solution here: How do I simulate a parallel (LPT) Printer with a USB Printer? … and I got this error message: "the network resource ...
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1answer
191 views

How to grant free access to network printer A while keeping access restrictions for network printer B

I have an Windows XP network with 2 printers, both of them connected to the same PC. I need the first printer to be freely available to all the network, that is: no user name, no password, no ...
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333 views

Share a printer between Windows and Linux

I have a Canon LBP2900 printer. I have connected the printer with my desktop PC running windows xp and shared it. I have Ubuntu in my laptop and connected to the local network. Is there any easy way ...
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1answer
130 views

How do I install the drivers for the Dell MFP 3115c printer?

I've been looking for hours on how to install the drivers for this Dell MFP 3115c printer. I don't have the CD, so I had to look for the drivers online. I found them, but all it gives me is a folder ...
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1answer
323 views

HP5550 DN prints stacks of pages with one line of wingdings looking symbols

We have an HP5550 DN networked printer using Windows Vista systems to print, and for some reason (seems to be exclusively with large documents) the printer will decide to spit out a few hundred pages, ...
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1answer
1k views

How to add a printer via IP on Windows using a BATCH script

I want to be able to create a BATCH script that will add a printer locally using the TCP/IP port. I am assuming the arguments needed would be the printers name, driver location (.inf), IP address, and ...
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1answer
290 views

Can't install HP Deskjet D1530 printer using OS: Windows 7 x64bit

I need some help installing this HP Deskjet D1530 printer on my Windows 7 x64 bit operating system. When I run the start up disk it says it's not compatible. Any suggestions?
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745 views

Print spooler service not starting after removal of malware

I have a user whom I have removed a "fake antivirus" on her machine but now her print spooler service is unable to start. I have attempted to restart the service to no avail. Is there a way to ...
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1answer
617 views

Printing documents on HP printer very slow

I have a strange problem with HP drivers. I have configured a HP printer 2025dn with LAN connection, on 3 PCs, using the CD ROM of HP driver. All works well, but sometimes for certain documents the ...
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1answer
121 views

Border does not print from PDF

When I print from an HP Business Inkjet 5800 printer (shared from an XP computer) the borders only print from a random side. This happens when printing from Windows XP, Vista or 7. When printing the ...
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1answer
291 views

Windows print spooler always errors half-way through a document

On Windows XP SP3, I am trying to print a PDF which shows up in the print spooler as 2.14MB. I can see the "size" column go up from "0MB/2.14MB" to "1.18MB/2.14MB" but it always stops there. After a ...
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1answer
241 views

Bad Printer Drivers — How to completely remove?

I moved my printer (HP Officejet Pro K550) to another computer (running XP Pro) and something went wrong. Every time it printed it would stop mid-job, delete the job from the queue and the printer ...
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1answer
366 views

Create one printer entry for multiple printers of the same model

When I switch between two or more different HP Laserjet P1606dn machines using the same computer, the computer automatically installs a new instance of that printer (copy 1, copy 2, etc). I would ...
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1answer
418 views

Connecting LPT2 to a remote printer - source already in use

I am trying to connect to lpt2 a printer shared on the network but I always receive the following message: Source already in use What could this be and how can I debug/fix this error? I am using ...
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1answer
580 views

Problems using a Konica Minolta Bizhub 161 with windows 7 (64-bit)

I have just had to upgrade my PC and have migrated from Vista (32-bit) to Windows 7(64-bit). I was not able to install or find any drivers for my konica minolta printer/scanner (bizhub 161) and have ...
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2answers
379 views

USB printer with no Serial Number in USB descriptor

I have an USB printer manufactured by a Taiwan company which works fine. The manufacturer hasn't defined completely the USB descriptor: are defined the "Vendor Id" and "Product Id", class id and so ...

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