Hi,

I'm managing a network that has several network printers. Everyone can
print to these printers with no problem except from the server. There
is only one network printer that can't be printed to from the 2k3 sbs
server, all others work. I've tried replacing the driver, it is a
fairly old Panasonic Multifunction dp2500, and making a new tcp port
with no success. There is no firewall activated.

I then thought maybe I can just connect to the shared Panasonic
printer on another computer and print from the server that way. When I
do this the test page leaves the server ok but for some reason it gets
to the control panel of the Panasonic but won't actually print. If
someone prints from the shared machine I connected to then it prints
fine.



They need to be able to print from the server because of a particular
application that is only on there. It seems almost impossible but it
is as if the print is corrupted, but the driver is replaced and new.

Greg.

Sounds like a driver issue. You'll have to reach out to the manufacturer or
replace the printer.

On a side-note, this shouldn't even be an issue. I can't stress strongly
enough that users should NOT (!!!NOT!!!)
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (have I stressed it enough yet) be
running any applications on the server. Ever. For any reason. No ifs,
ands, or buts. Use a spare workstation, or set up a separate terminal
server for applications, but don't run end-user apps on a domain
controller!!!

....okay, off my soap box now...

-Cliff


"Greg O" <gregorme@newsgroup> wrote in message
news:19124e49-4c41-4a17-9dda-e278d76c35d2@newsgroup

> Hi,
>
> I'm managing a network that has several network printers. Everyone can
> print to these printers with no problem except from the server. There
> is only one network printer that can't be printed to from the 2k3 sbs
> server, all others work. I've tried replacing the driver, it is a
> fairly old Panasonic Multifunction dp2500, and making a new tcp port
> with no success. There is no firewall activated.
>
> I then thought maybe I can just connect to the shared Panasonic
> printer on another computer and print from the server that way. When I
> do this the test page leaves the server ok but for some reason it gets
> to the control panel of the Panasonic but won't actually print. If
> someone prints from the shared machine I connected to then it prints
> fine.
>
> They need to be able to print from the server because of a particular
> application that is only on there. It seems almost impossible but it
> is as if the print is corrupted, but the driver is replaced and new.
>
> Greg.
>

On Feb 24, 5:10*am, "Cliff Galiher - MVP" <cgali...@newsgroup> wrote:

> Sounds like a driver issue. *You'll have to reach out to the manufacturer or
> replace the printer.
>
> On a side-note, this shouldn't even be an issue. *I can't stress strongly
> enough that users should NOT (!!!NOT!!!)
> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (have I stressed it enough yet) be
> running any applications on the server. *Ever. *For any reason. *Noifs,
> ands, or buts. *Use a spare workstation, or set up a separate terminal
> server for applications, but don't run end-user apps on a domain
> controller!!!
>
> ...okay, off my soap box now...
>
> -Cliff
>
> "Greg O" <grego...@newsgroup> wrote in message
>
> news:19124e49-4c41-4a17-9dda-e278d76c35d2@newsgroup
>

> > Hi,

>

> > I'm managing a network that has several network printers. Everyone can
> > print to these printers with no problem except from the server. There
> > is only one network printer that can't be printed to from the 2k3 sbs
> > server, all others work. I've tried replacing the driver, it is a
> > fairly old Panasonic Multifunction dp2500, and making a new tcp port
> > with no success. There is no firewall activated.

>

> > I then thought maybe I can just connect to the shared Panasonic
> > printer on another computer and print from the server that way. When I
> > do this the test page leaves the server ok but for some reason it gets
> > to the control panel of the Panasonic but won't actually print. If
> > someone prints from the shared machine I connected to then it prints
> > fine.

>

> > They need to be able to print from the server because of a particular
> > application that is only on there. It seems almost impossible but it
> > is as if the print is corrupted, but the driver is replaced and new.

>

> > Greg.

I can ping the server ok. The company moved from another premises and
they said the server worked fine there and printed with no problems.
When they set up the server again everything worked but now the
printer has this problem, I downloaded the driver from Panasonic but
it didn't help. I'm thinking about trying some drivers from other
models to see if they work, like a dp1500, dp200, etc. Maybe I need to
uninstall the driver manually, find the files and delete them myself
then reinstall the driver.