Accessing printers from server

[benny wa]

I am attempting to have the server access a printer that is connected to an
office PC via a USB cable.
I can ping the PC from the server but when I try to install the printer
and print the test page I get an error.
What steps should I be going thru to setup the printer correctly on the
server and get it to print out?

Thank you

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

benny wa <bennywa@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I am attempting to have the server access a printer that is
> connected to an office PC via a USB cable.
> I can ping the PC from the server but when I try to install the
> printer and print the test page I get an error.
> What steps should I be going thru to setup the printer correctly on
> the server and get it to print out?
>
> Thank you

Are you using AD?
Is the printer shared? Is file & printer sharing set up as an exception in
the Windows firewall?

 

[benny wa]

Unfortunately I am not using AD. I inheirited this "wonderful" set-up as is
and it has no solid infrastructure.
On the PC that it is connected to I have it setup as shared.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

> benny wa <bennywa@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > I am attempting to have the server access a printer that is
> > connected to an office PC via a USB cable.
> > I can ping the PC from the server but when I try to install the
> > printer and print the test page I get an error.
> > What steps should I be going thru to setup the printer correctly on
> > the server and get it to print out?
> >
> > Thank you
>
> Are you using AD?
> Is the printer shared? Is file & printer sharing set up as an exception in
> the Windows firewall?
>
>
>

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

benny wa <bennywa@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Unfortunately I am not using AD. I inheirited this "wonderful" set-up
> as is and it has no solid infrastructure.

I'd suggest you remedy that ASAP. You're going to spend soooo much more time
trying to keep a workgroup running. And they already have a server OS, so
why not create an AD domain?

> On the PC that it is connected to I have it setup as shared.

File&Printer sharing exceptions in the firewall?
Usernames/passwords match, if you aren't using Simple File Sharing?
>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>
>> benny wa <bennywa@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>> I am attempting to have the server access a printer that is
>>> connected to an office PC via a USB cable.
>>> I can ping the PC from the server but when I try to install the
>>> printer and print the test page I get an error.
>>> What steps should I be going thru to setup the printer correctly on
>>> the server and get it to print out?
>>>
>>> Thank you
>>
>> Are you using AD?
>> Is the printer shared? Is file & printer sharing set up as an
>> exception in the Windows firewall?