Guest benny wa Posted August 8, 2007 Posted August 8, 2007 I am attempting to have the server access a printer that is connected to an office PC via a USB cable. I can ping the PC from the server but when I try to install the printer and print the test page I get an error. What steps should I be going thru to setup the printer correctly on the server and get it to print out? Thank you
Guest Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] Posted August 8, 2007 Posted August 8, 2007 Re: Accessing printers from server benny wa <bennywa@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > I am attempting to have the server access a printer that is > connected to an office PC via a USB cable. > I can ping the PC from the server but when I try to install the > printer and print the test page I get an error. > What steps should I be going thru to setup the printer correctly on > the server and get it to print out? > > Thank you Are you using AD? Is the printer shared? Is file & printer sharing set up as an exception in the Windows firewall?
Guest benny wa Posted August 8, 2007 Posted August 8, 2007 Re: Accessing printers from server Unfortunately I am not using AD. I inheirited this "wonderful" set-up as is and it has no solid infrastructure. On the PC that it is connected to I have it setup as shared. "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote: > benny wa <bennywa@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > I am attempting to have the server access a printer that is > > connected to an office PC via a USB cable. > > I can ping the PC from the server but when I try to install the > > printer and print the test page I get an error. > > What steps should I be going thru to setup the printer correctly on > > the server and get it to print out? > > > > Thank you > > Are you using AD? > Is the printer shared? Is file & printer sharing set up as an exception in > the Windows firewall? > > >
Guest Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] Posted August 9, 2007 Posted August 9, 2007 Re: Accessing printers from server benny wa <bennywa@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > Unfortunately I am not using AD. I inheirited this "wonderful" set-up > as is and it has no solid infrastructure. I'd suggest you remedy that ASAP. You're going to spend soooo much more time trying to keep a workgroup running. And they already have a server OS, so why not create an AD domain? > On the PC that it is connected to I have it setup as shared. File&Printer sharing exceptions in the firewall? Usernames/passwords match, if you aren't using Simple File Sharing? > > "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote: > >> benny wa <bennywa@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >>> I am attempting to have the server access a printer that is >>> connected to an office PC via a USB cable. >>> I can ping the PC from the server but when I try to install the >>> printer and print the test page I get an error. >>> What steps should I be going thru to setup the printer correctly on >>> the server and get it to print out? >>> >>> Thank you >> >> Are you using AD? >> Is the printer shared? Is file & printer sharing set up as an >> exception in the Windows firewall?
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