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627181 2008-01-03 23:25:00 Hi there Guys, just need a little help with a problem that we have been having .

We are running a 400 user NT based netowrk and use local printers for all of the users printing requirements . All printers are networked in the following mannor .

Local Printers
Port: \\<Print Server>\<printer name>
e . g \\ccoprt01\LIN16
Using HP - HP Laser 4 Driver

Everything prints fine, no problems there . However we do seem to be having some issues when our main app server goes down for a restart or for what ever reason . Once the server comes back up again no one can print to any of there printers even though nothing has been changed .

The work around for this is to re-create each printer whioch seems to resolve the problem . We have created a VB script to complete this but unfortunatley this will only work on Win200 and XP enviroments, not NT .

As we have over 280 printers attached to this server manually re-creating each printer is not an option .

Can anyone shaed some light on the possible ause of this problem or a way in which we man be able to isolate the cause .

Thanks and any info would be gratly appreicated .

:cool:

Captain Moor
CaptinMoor (8392)
627182 2008-01-03 23:39:00 HP have a fault thingy on their website, you need your printer number though. A few people have complained about this. They have a download to fix it. rob_on_guitar (4196)
627183 2008-01-04 00:12:00 Thanks Rob, I have had a bit of a look around the HP NZ website but have not really come any closer to finding a solution . Is it possible to post a link to this info??

Thanks for your help .

Captain Moor
CaptinMoor (8392)
627184 2008-01-04 00:19:00 . hp . com/query . html?charset=iso-8859-1&lk=1&la=en&nh=10&st=1&rf=0&qs=&hpvc=sitewide&uf=1&qr=1&qt=printer+disappears+after+restart&cqt=printer+dissappears+after+restart&sp=1" target="_blank">search . hp . com

I hope the links goes to it . There are a number of items listed that could be the fault .

Good luck!

Also you ask the search bar the question, you can enter a combination of words to get the specific answers .
rob_on_guitar (4196)
627185 2008-01-04 00:22:00 Excellent, thanks heaps mate. CaptinMoor (8392)
627186 2008-01-04 00:25:00 Not a prob:) rob_on_guitar (4196)
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