Network Printer Problems - Page 2

Stuartbe · 16-06-2005, 17:46

Erm... being a bit dim here...

I thought you wanted the printer on the server !

If you do it will only be a question of getting a driver. Go for a windows 2000 driver if poss as these usualy work best. Once the print driver is installed the system will let you install aditional drivers for older os's

Just to check :-

Server (no internet)
Laptop (with internet)

How are the two connected to each other ? Can you give me a bit more detail on your network topology ?

Raistlin · 16-06-2005, 18:12

Printer is installed on the server (and works ok from there).

Need to be able to print from the Laptop to the printer though.

Network is set up as per my first post.

And yes, server no internet, laptop internet.
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Windows 2003 Server > [USB] > Lexmark X1180 Printer

Laptop > [WIRELESS] > Linksys Router > [ETHERNET] > Windows 2003 Server

greencreeper · 16-06-2005, 18:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raistlin

Ok,I can't install as a local printer because XP doesn't have the drivers for it as standard.

I don't know where the driver file is located on the server.

The setup disk that comes with the printer won't let me install the software/drivers unless the printer is physically connected to the Laptop.

Yup - the setup.exe on the CD is for designed for muppets and should never be used by an IT professional

On the CD will be a folder. Usually it's something like "drivers", then the language "PCL", then the human language "English", then the OS - not necessarily in that order. You're looking for an inf file.

Stuart may well be onto something

- time problems would cause authentication issues. I would normally setup a PC to sync time with the server, rather than vice versa.

Raistlin · 16-06-2005, 19:29

The reason I want the server to synch with the Laptop is that the Laptop is already getting a time synch from the net.

The server has no net connection and therefore the time is usually out.
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No .inf files in the English bit.

The only .inf I can see is in the level above that.

I'll try it and see what it does.
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That's cool. Seems to be working a treat. Thanks guys.

Let's just hope it carries on working

Any more thoughts on the time synch thing?

Stuartbe · 16-06-2005, 19:39

hmmm.....

If the laptop is on the domain then it should be getting the time from the server anyway. You can allso spec a time server using the dhcp options on the server. Problem is that it will allways change to the server time.

Type " net time " into a command prompt on the server and post back what comes up.

Raistlin · 16-06-2005, 22:29

Ok, I get a message:

Quote:

Could not locate a time-server

I think that I know what might be confusing you, and I think it might be my fault.....

Although this is a server OS, and the box is acting as a server.....the only server roles that it is currently fulfilling is that it is acting as a file and print server.

The computers are set up as a workgroup, not in a domain environment. So the server is not acting as a domain controller and therefore isn't acting as DHCP controller.

Like I say, I think I may have caused some confusion here by using terminology out of place.....if I have I apologise

greencreeper · 16-06-2005, 23:04

The thing that defines a server is that it serves, and in order to do that, it needs a certain level of hardware such that we can say "that's a server" of any device with at or above that level. There is no such thing as a server in hardware terms, really.

You should still be able to set the "server" to update from the laptop.

Raistlin · 17-06-2005, 22:59

At the risk of being really cheeky

Can anybody recommend a good (free) time server that I can install on the Laptop?

Hom3r · 17-06-2005, 23:13

Try one of these
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Search.aspx?...r&doy=17m6

or try a wireless version

Raistlin · 17-06-2005, 23:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by david.ewles

Try one of these
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Search.aspx?...r&doy=17m6

or try a wireless version

's ok. The server is acting as a print server.

Stuart suggested that my printing problems could be due to time differences between the clock on the server and the clock on the laptop.

I need to find some software that can run on the laptop and that I can synch the time on the server to.

Thanks for the link though.