2008 Spooler Troubles

[daniele1357]

Hi,

 

we are planning to use the 2008 server 64 bit also as print spooler, to provide 64 bit driver for W7 and XP 64 bit machines.

A test 2008 server machine was installed, but we found a number of problem that don' t exists in the 2003 server edition.

 

1) If we send long documents, let say 40 pages, the printing it stop at the 6th sheets, and restart from zero, it print another 6 sheets and restart. This procedure work for 3 times and after the job is reset. The story is that not all the installed printer work like that. Ricoh Aficio411DN, Lexmark T652, HP LJ6250 work like that, an old HP LJ 4050 it work well. Note that in the logs this event is not recorded.

The same printers used trough another server, 2003 32 bit, and any 32 bit client are working well.

The same printers used defining a port over tcp/ip in a W7 64 bit machine are working well.

If the same W7 64 machine it install the same printers trough the 2008 server that queues will not work.

 

 

2) In 2008 server 64 bit the HP LJ 4700 wan't work, and that model of printer don' t work in any 64 bit environment. It look like HP has huge troubles with this old printer and the 64 vit driver.

 

Have you any idea how to solve the point 1 problem ???

 

daniele

[F2 Staff]

I can't reproduce this out network server. We also have the same HP printers and staff is printing hundred page docs without a problem. I'll look at the way I set up the server and post my steps when I get a chance.

[daniele1357]

I can't reproduce this out network server. We also have the same HP printers and staff is printing hundred page docs without a problem. I'll look at the way I set up the server and post my steps when I get a chance.

 

tanx, daniele