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Originally Posted by greencreeper
Network printer? Not the right-click variety that works when it feels like it and some day soon will just stop and have to be recreated?
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Won't even pretend I know what you're talking about here
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Originally Posted by greencreeper
Add a printer - local one. Untick the auto-detect thingy. Local port - \\servername\printershare or \\serverip\printershare if static IP. Install driver. Away you go.
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Ok, so I need to set it up as a Local printer but give the path to the network share, rather than setting it up as a Network printer?
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Originally Posted by greencreeper
Dicky spooler...
Start... Run... net stop spooler
c:\winnt\system32\spool\PRINTERS
OR
c:\windows\system32\spool\PRINTERS
Delete the contents, which usually are listed as "Shockwave" files 
Start... Run... net start spooler
If it doesn't stop or start, try...
Right-click "My Computer"... Manage... Services and Applications... Services... Printer Spooler - check the status and stop/start there |
Thanks, I'll try that next time I get problems (shortly before I kick the bl**dy thing out of the door
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