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shared printer stopped sharing
We have a small network, with 1 SBS 2003 R2 server and a dozen XP Pro SP3
workstations, and several printers being shared by the local workstations they are plugged into. All was working fine for a long time until last week, two of the shared printers no longer respond to print jobs from remote workstations. I have uninstalled and reinstalledseveral times, and even carried the printer to another room and plugged it into a different computer, but with the same results. The printer installs just fine, and prints OK from the host computer, and even shows up in the directory on the network. But when trying to install network print with "AddPrinter" Wizard, and select the printer from the directory list, I get "Windows cannot connect to the Printer. Either the name was typed incorrectly, or the printer has lost its connection to the server." And this is after selecting from the list and nothing was typed. I have changed the printer name on the host computer and the new name shows up in the directory, so I know the network is seeing it, and it still prints fine from the host. No errors are showing up in the event viewer, either on the host or remote workstations, (or the SBS server either,) and I don't believe anything has been changed recently. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks, Dave |
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