Printer issue

18/صفر/1428 06:47 ص

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I'm trying to share my HP deskjet 3550 with WHS, but any program that goes to print will hang. I got WHS to map out my home network and it found the printer that's connected to my main desktop and installed the drivers.

The bad part is if you got to print anything from any program, the program will just hang. I can set up the "Print Setup" and make any changes with out a problem and it does show my printer. But again go to print and the program will hang. I left the system alone for three hours to see if it needed time connect but no such luck.

I have WHS being able to connect to my computer (PRIME) and they’ll share files, resources ect. Any ideas?

Thanks,

Vincent
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18/صفر/1428 04:19 م

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Are you trying to share a printer thats connected to WHS or your Desktop?
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18/صفر/1428 04:36 م

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Is the printer attached to your home server? Or is the printer attached to a home computer?

What happens when you plug the printer into your home server?
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19/صفر/1428 06:15 ص

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Hi guys/girls,

The printer is setup on my home computer. Also I tried to set it up to the system with WHS and I still get all the programs crashing when I go to print from them (and yes I installed the drivers on WHS from HP’s site). I checked the security settings and the permissions as well and every thing is setup right.

I’m starting to think that it might be an incapability issue, with the type of printer. If any one has any ideas let me know.
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19/صفر/1428 12:22 م

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I think he was asking where the cable from the printer is plugged in. Does it connect the printer to your computer, or to WHS? Or maybe to a print server device on your network?
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19/صفر/1428 01:55 م

White Dragon wrote:

"I'm trying to share my HP deskjet 3550 with WHS, but any program that goes to print will hang. I got WHS to map out my home network and it found the printer that's connected to my main desktop and installed the drivers."

AS I first posted, the HP deskjet 3550 is connected to my desktop(home computer"

19/صفر/1428 02:52 م

I would recommend connecting the printer to the server itself. By doing so, other connected client PC's will be able to print to the device if your "main" PC is off or inaccessible. That is one of the benefits of WHS.

19/صفر/1428 04:52 م

Andrew ,

Thanks for the info, but I'm still trying to get the WHS system to print. As I stated even with the printer hooked up to WHS it will crash any program that will try to print. For my main computer and any other computer that uses the printer, they work with out a problem.

19/صفر/1428 05:53 م

What drivers are you trying to use? Does WHS find the driver automaticly?

03/ربيع الثاني/1428 02:21 ص

White Dragon wrote:

Hi guys/girls,

The printer is setup on my home computer. Also I tried to set it up to the system with WHS and I still get all the programs crashing when I go to print from them (and yes I installed the drivers on WHS from HP’s site). I checked the security settings and the permissions as well and every thing is setup right.

I’m starting to think that it might be an incapability issue, with the type of printer. If any one has any ideas let me know.

I had a similar issue with an HP OfficeJet D135. The problem I came across was that there are no drivers or applications supporting Server 2003 systems for that printer. What I did was, with the printer connected to the WHS system, I saved the application file from the HP site to a temp folder on the data drive for WHS. Right click the application file, selecting properties and change the Compatibility Mode to Windows XP, click apply and ok. Then run the application to install.

I hope that helps.

Jim