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| Thread ID: 129595 | 2013-03-01 02:02:00 | Win 8 Printer "Low Toner" warning. | Jeff (1070) | Press F1 |
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| 1330776 | 2013-03-02 07:05:00 | Right found what you are going on about, they are called Toast Notifications, if you disable them they can effect other operations. Where you went wrong in the description is you didn't describe them correctly as to the locations and what interface you were on. People here were answering your request going on the information you gave - in complete and in accurate. Read the following:Toast Notifications (www.eightforums.com) BUT also note the only comment by the Op - it didn't turn off the printer. You can also try disabling them in the group Policy settings www.thewindowsclub.com If you have 15 years of experience then really this shouldn't be to hard to look up an answer. Re your previous post Like most us he has not seen a lot of Win 8 PCs. Speak for yourself or your IT friend. Many here have been working with Windows 8 since the first free beta came out, and work with it daily. The person cant be much of a tech if they don't know how to look up an answer for a problem that's happening right in front of him/her. Edited: just opened the notification area, took all of 2-4 seconds, there is no option for the printer - maybe the group Policy may do it. Keep in mind you will need W8Pro or above, the straight W8 similar to windows Home Pre doesn't have the option. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1330777 | 2013-03-02 07:21:00 | Very interesting for future use, thanks wainui. I don't get such errors as all our printing is sent to a central print server which pushes the document to the respective printer, otherwise *perhaps* I might have been able to guess that the OP was referring to toast notifications. |
The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1330778 | 2013-03-02 07:38:00 | Its interesting Error guy - Personally even when my black laser was low on toner I never got the toast Notifications on windows 8, its a networked Printer - the only message was the standard one we all have seen. Since I better put the full answer, before we get asked how to open group policy in W8 :p on the start screen, type in Group - on the right click settings, Select Edit Group Policy , navigate to settings as article advised |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1330779 | 2013-03-02 09:14:00 | When connected to our Epson A2 Inkjets via network share (as opposed to directly networked) I never got any ink statuses. The Epson drive would bring up the ink levels during print, but the driver could never get an ink status over the network. The host PC was an apple, I'm thinking perhaps the apple drivers didn't send the status or the samba share was incapable of passing on this info. Either way, networked printers in my experience don't pass on very detailed info. The most I can get is "Error" in which case I have to investigate to see if the printer is plugged in, turned on, connected to the computer, computer on, computer connected to network, printer ink OK, paper ok. Usually this isn't too hard (for the inks) because I'm in the same room as them, when I'm sending a document to the photocopier (700m away) grrreaaat. Luckily xerox have a nice web admin page for their copiers. Yay. I haven't used 8 properly yet. I got a $20 upgrade key but have been plagued by HP's shitty drivers. I plan on setting it up one weekend and getting leshcats drivers running. I deleted my original install which I had on a 25GB partition on my HDD because it was too small. Even though my lappy takes 2x hdd's I can only use one because I need a micro/laptop sized SATA cable for the 2ndary HDD.... dunno where to get those from, esp not one long enough to reach. It looks about 6-8cm long (at a guess) most are 3cm long, going straight from the mobo to the HDD bay. |
The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1330780 | 2013-03-02 09:34:00 | PM coming :) Re the Cable. All or Lasers are networked based Via Ethernet/Router. Makes it a lot easier than having to have one PC turned on to print to it. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1330781 | 2013-03-02 09:53:00 | Cheers for the PM, the lasers at keale are all networked (and standalone) although the moronic papercut software uses a centralized print server to send work to the appropriate printer. I just print direct, avoids the billing :D I guess some day the school will work out there's $5k in 'lost' printing costs somewhere :p At Massey they use the same copiers and setup but with a much much nicer system. Not used it much, but it looks like a very smooth setup. |
The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1330782 | 2013-03-02 19:35:00 | I use a print server switch at home and here and get no status reports about my printer at all. It is connected by USB | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1330783 | 2013-03-04 07:18:00 | Going elsewhere to get the answer. :mad: If you had tried my tip on levelling out the residual toner, you would have found that the error message went away, it has worked every time for me through several laser printers over the years. Anyway, I bet you get the same response wherever you land, this is the most tolerant and helpful site I know. I'll also bet you can't resist coming back to pick up your dummy and to see whether anybody has noticed that you've left the building. Cheers Billy 8-{) :devil |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 1330784 | 2013-03-20 15:58:00 | Jeff, Go to your control panel, then devices and printers. Look at the menu items at the top and select Print server properties, select advanced, uncheck show info notifications for loal and network printers, select change advance settings, uncheck show info notifications for local and network printers, apply changes. After I did this, I only received one more notification and then they stopped. Paul |
PaulMetz (17022) | ||
| 1330785 | 2013-03-22 02:59:00 | You are bit late Paul, Jeff has been M.I.A. for about three weeks now, ever since his toner ran out I guess. :D Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
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