Printer issue - new

[Fairlight]

Find, as in actual discovery?  Highly, highly doubtful.  I'd go so far as
saying 99.9999%+ unlikely.

That would require wayyyyy more work than I can ever see fP Tech putting
in.  Hell, HP and Brother can't even get that 100% right, and they write
the damned drivers for their own printers.  (Literally, HP printers get
lost, and Brother's driver is only fine once you coax it into knowing where
the printer is.  It was -not- PnP.  At least the Brother stays
connected, which is more than I could say for the HP.)

More succinctly: "Hah!  No way in hell do I believe it can do it!"

m->



On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 03:37:44PM -0600, Richard D. Williams via Filepro-list thus spoke:
> Does windows filepro have the ability to find a printer not on the users PC?
> 
> Richard D. Williams
> 
> On 2/19/2020 1:27 PM, Richard Kreiss via Filepro-list wrote:
> > Filepro 5.0
> > 
> > 
> > Client installed a new "server" named data1 running Windows 10 Pro with an
> > HP Printer attached using a USB port labeled virtual porter port for USB.
> > Printer name is: HP Officejet Pro 8100
> > 
> > 
> > This printer is connected to "server" data1.  In filePro's  printer
> > maintenance this printer is named HP-8100 and the destination is win: HP
> > Officejet Pro 8100. This printer is set to the default printer. I can print
> > from data1 but not any of the other computer.  Any suggestions as to why
> > this issue occurs.  If someone tries to print an output they get a filePro
> > error and then an 1801 error message which means that the print job is
> > having issues with the windows defender firewall.
> > 
> > 
> > I created an new incoming rule called printers opening the ports that the
> > printers are using.  Should I also create an outgoing rule.  No I have not
> > had my client's test the new firewall rule yet.  I have not run into this
> > issue previously.
> > 
> > 
> > I am accessing the new "server" data1 using GoToMyPC and have not had a
> > difficulty creating outputs.
> > 
> > 
> > I did not set up this server or configure the other computers for access.
> > 
> > 
> > filePro is installed in the folder appl which is mapped as drive L.  The
> > startup file is:
> > 
> > 
> > echo off
> > 
> > rem Run levy Goldbery & stettner program
> > 
> > rem Richard Kreiss 03/03/2010
> > 
> > set PFDSK=L
> > 
> > set PFDATA=L:
> > 
> > set PFPROG=L:\appl
> > 
> > set PFDIR=\appl
> > 
> > set PFGLOB=
> > 
> > set PFCONFIG=
> > 
> > set PFKeyTab=DOS
> > 
> > set PFTMP=C:\temp
> > 
> > set PATH=%PFPROG%\fp;%path%
> > 
> > %pfprog%\fp\p lg_menu
> > 
> > 
> > Any suggestions as to why filePro is not finding the printer?
> > 
> > 
> > I may have to have this client upgrade to version 6 and create PDF's for
> > printing if all else fails.
> > 
> > 
> > Richard Kreiss
> > 
> > GCC Consulting
> > 
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