Getting a list of available printer drivers - Win 2012 R2
We're using 2012 R2 as a print server. Drivers can be added by right-clicking 'Drivers' in Print Management, selecting 'Add Driver', next, x64, and then Printer Driver Selection shows up with all the...
View ArticleSpool Service consuming large amounts of memory & Handles
I have a Windows 2012 R2 server setup as a print server. Background info:2 vCPUs 6GB RAM running in a VMware environment.32 printer queues all using the HP Universal driver. (had 6.2.1, now using 6.2.0...
View ArticlePrint driver host for 32bit applications has stopped working
So suddenly earlier in the week people started getting the, Print Driver host for 32bit applications has stopped working error, when they are printing to our HP Color LaserJet CP4525. This is happening...
View ArticleUNABLE TO LOCATE FAX NUMBER FOR MY DEVICE
HEY GUYS! THIS IS A SILLY QUESTION, I KNOW, BUT I AM UNABLE TO LOCATE THE FAX NUMBER FOR MY HP Officejet ProX476dw MFPI HAVEN'T NEEDED IT UNTIL NOW, BUT NEED A DOC THAT WILL ONLY BE SENT VIA FAX OR...
View ArticlePrintBrm Utility not working as expected (W2K12)
Hello, We are following this article: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj134237.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396 Here is our backup:Printbrm -b -nobin -s $env:COMPUTERNAME -f...
View ArticleFAx card recommended for Windows 2012 server ?
PLanning to deploy Fax server .. could someone suggest any Card?
View ArticlePrint Server - Driver Keeps Disconnecting
Hello,Can anyone help me figure out why our 50 network printers keeps disconnecting from the user's PC? I have been constantly called for installing drivers that are installed in our Print Server. 1...
View ArticleVirtual Lab: How to create a virtual printer for testing purpose.
Hello there, hope your day is going good. Sorry I am very new with Windows Server in general. I set up a virtual lab (using virtualbox software) and I created 3 different virtual machines: Virtual...
View ArticleWindows 2012 R2 Internet Printing - Missing connect button
I have searched numerous sites looking for a way to fix this. I have tried new print drivers, compatibility view, chrome, older versions of IE, trusted sites, and lowered all the IE security settings....
View Article"Printer drivers not installed" in Windows 10 with a specific user
This error just came up all of a sudden, and it seems to have gotten to a couple computers. When students try to print out a worksheet from Excel (or any program for that matter), Windows complains...
View ArticleMigrate Print server from Windows server 2003 to server 2012 R2 with same...
Hi All,I have Server 2003 with 100+ printer installed and many users are using the same. I have to migrate the same with Servers 2012 R2. As of now I have installed Server 2012 R2 with all printer in...
View ArticlePrinter install using a group policy
Hello, I am in mix environment of domain of Windows Server 2003 and 2012 with 20 different sites/subnets. What I am trying to achieve is install printers using group policy. I can use Print Management...
View Article"Set Printing Defaults" in Print Management on Windows Server 2012 R2 not...
We have a Konica-Minolta BizHub c454e copier/printer and everything was pretty much working fine with an old driver, but I updated the driver to see if it would address a non-related issue. But now...
View ArticleHow to remove old network printers?
Hi,We have printer shared on Windows 2012 server. We use group policy to install the network shared printers on user's computer. We recently replaced a printer. It is fine that GP adds the new printer...
View ArticleXPS Printing from within a service -- Windows Server 2012 R2
After reading the details of Session zero isolation for Windows services (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb756986.aspx) it seems that there is no longer a Microsoft approved way in which to...
View ArticlePrinter Defaults Not Pushing to Clients
Since clients have started receiving the Windows 10 AE update, the clients are no longer respecting the print server defaults. I have a fleet of over 50 printers on a 2012 print server. Certain...
View ArticleHow to delete system default printer forms?
On Windows there are system default printer forms which can't be deleted from the PrintServer Properties dialog. Is there some other way they can be removed? We are never going to use page sizes like...
View ArticleDriver install semi fails with 800f024b
Server: Windows 2008 R2 SP1 + current windows updates. Xerox GPD PS 5.303.16.0Clients: Windows 7 x64 SP1 + current windows updates Windows XP SP3 GPO with Point and Print restrictions enabled. Users...
View ArticleWindows server 2008 r2 - Print server deploy and Mac print deployment
I help run a network at a high school and we are looking at finding a best practice for deploying printer servers and printer installation. We run windows server 2008 r2 and have teachers that have...
View ArticleAsking admin credentials while installation of print queue
Hello All, We have Windows 2008 and windows 2012 environment hosting print service Almost all servers are having 10 to 15 Print queue. When users trying to connect the printer Ie:\\Servername\Printer...
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