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Printers appear as local and network printer

Discussion in 'Windows Home Server' started by ErikW, Apr 8, 2009.

  1. ErikW

    ErikW Guest

    Hi i need help with my printserver. I have deployed a printserver (2003 R2),
    added drivers and printers, listed the printers in AD etc. Everything works
    fine, but when i add printers on the clients (WinXP) they appear twice, as
    local and network printer. Anyone know why? Erik
     
    ErikW, Apr 8, 2009
    #1
  3. Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]

    Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] Guest

    ErikW <ErikW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
    > Hi i need help with my printserver. I have deployed a printserver
    > (2003 R2), added drivers and printers, listed the printers in AD etc.
    > Everything works fine, but when i add printers on the clients (WinXP)
    > they appear twice, as local and network printer. Anyone know why? Erik

    What exactly do you mean? What are the exact symptoms you're seeing?
    You shouldn't need to add printers on the XP clients manually, you
    know....see what happens if you don't.
     
    Lanwench [MVP - Exchange], Apr 8, 2009
    #2
  4. ErikW

    ErikW Guest

    On the client i use the add printer wizard: Add printer-Network
    printer-Search for a printer-Type the name of the printer and add it. Then
    the printer appear twice, one with a network symbol saying "On
    printservername", and one with the symbol of a local printer saying "From
    printservername".

    This is the way our clients always have added printers. We have about 70
    printers in 22 locations so the users must have the abbelity to add the
    printers they need to connect to.

    "ErikW" wrote:

    > Hi i need help with my printserver. I have deployed a printserver (2003 R2),
    > added drivers and printers, listed the printers in AD etc. Everything works
    > fine, but when i add printers on the clients (WinXP) they appear twice, as
    > local and network printer. Anyone know why? Erik
     
    ErikW, Apr 8, 2009
    #3
  5. ErikW

    ErikW Guest

    RE: Printers appear as local and network printer-SOLVED

    My bad! In my hurry in deploying and testing the printserver and clients, my
    RDP connection to the client had printer in local resource checked.

    "ErikW" wrote:

    > Hi i need help with my printserver. I have deployed a printserver (2003 R2),
    > added drivers and printers, listed the printers in AD etc. Everything works
    > fine, but when i add printers on the clients (WinXP) they appear twice, as
    > local and network printer. Anyone know why? Erik
     
    ErikW, Apr 8, 2009
    #4
  6. ErikW

    ErikW Guest

    SOLVED-Printers appear as local and network printer-SOLVED



    "ErikW" wrote:

    > My bad! In my hurry in deploying and testing the printserver and clients, my
    > RDP connection to the client had printer in local resource checked.
    >
    > "ErikW" wrote:
    >
    > > Hi i need help with my printserver. I have deployed a printserver (2003 R2),
    > > added drivers and printers, listed the printers in AD etc. Everything works
    > > fine, but when i add printers on the clients (WinXP) they appear twice, as
    > > local and network printer. Anyone know why? Erik
     
    ErikW, Apr 8, 2009
    #5

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