Handholding Printer Help

[Reggie Freedman Bellsouth]

Copied from an email I sent 2/2/12 to the list...

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.

Reggie
954 562-6727
DamnComputer.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ted B Dodd" <TedB at ci.borger.tx.us>
To: <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2012 2:43 PM
Subject: Handholding Printer Help


>I need a little hand holding to get printers to work for me in filePro 5.6 
>in a Windows Server 2008 environment. I have several files but I have never 
>been able to get the printers to work right in the system.  Whenever I try 
>to print to a networked printer using whatever printer type, I get one a 
>N/L but no C/R.  I have tried all the ways it says in HELP to get them to 
>print to no avail.
>
> I have been using the Atlantis system for all my work, but I need to put 
> other users on the system and I wish to use FORM and other methods.
>
> TIA
>
> Ted B
> aka tedb at ci.borger.tx.us
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