Windows 2011 SBS Printing

[Richard Kreiss]

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> Behalf Of Scott
> Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2013 9:46 PM
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> Subject: Windows 2011 SBS Printing
> 
> Has anybody seen this before?
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> 
> I'm still running FP v4.8.13.
> 
> We've just updated our FP server to Windows 2011 SBS, previously we were
> running Win 2000 Server and all worked fine.
> 
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> 
> FP prints to "//<SERVERNAME>/<PRINTERNAME>"
> 
> When :
> 
> 
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> 1.	Using into the server via console FP prints to
> "//<SERVERNAME>/<PRINTERNAME>" and works
> 2.	Using a network machine it prints to
> "//<SERVERNAME>/<PRINTERNAME>"
> and works
> 3.	When using a RDP session into the server job fails and returns
> "//<SERVERNAME>/<PRINTERNAME>": no such file/directory"
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> 
> Could there be something about printing to the same host name from the
> RDP?
> I've added WINS: to the front but no change.
> 
> Could it be some sort of firewall issues or Services? Yet I thought that would
> have stopped network machines printing.
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> Any ideas?
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> 
> Thanks
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> 
> 
> Scott Smith
> 
> Systems Manager
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> 
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> 0412 984 982

Is the "//servername/Printername" a shared printer?

Does the RDP session have that printer installed?


Richard Kreiss
GCC Consulting

Office: 410-653-2813