Using IP address in printer definition

[Kenneth Brody]

On 2/2/2012 7:23 PM, Reggie Freedman BS wrote:
> I've always had printing issues over Windows networking. Forgetfulness,
> drops, local redirected to computer shared printer, computer is not turned
> on, printer not turned on. All printers, switches and computers are on
> UPS's. (excludes power hungry lasers). Always the need to batch reconnect,
> etc.. Now...
>
> Printers are network connected or on the network fed by netgear ps121 (USB)
> print server. All are fed directly as network IP port / managed on a Windows
> 2008 server and the filePro and DOS accounting server. Since filePro has the
> printer drivers, as does an old DOS accounting software, printers are on the
> server and configured as dumb text (pass-thru) printers. Four printers are
> across a WAN to a sales office for printing SO's. reports, labels and
> invoices.
>
> Since putting all printers shared at the server, at each user's box,
> printing is redirecting to the needed one from filepro to the server hosted
> printer, or accounting to the server hosted printer and no connection or
> dropped problems. The Windows 2008 (32bit) server is rock solid! Today, just
> about all printing problems are jam, out of paper or printer not turned on.
> 21 printers total - LAN and WAN. No printer is shared on a user's box. Just
> not reliable.
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We have a network-connected printer, and filePro has no problem printing to 
it with a destination of "WIN:DELL2150-A58D44-IPv4".  No servers, no shares, 
no redirection, just "print to this network printer".

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Kenneth Brody