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Obsolete Releases => SME Server 7.x => Topic started by: WEBlance on August 28, 2006, 04:56:58 PM

Title: Can't get printer to work on SME 7.0 - what to do?
Post by: WEBlance on August 28, 2006, 04:56:58 PM

I've just connected my new Canon Pixma iP4200 to the server thrugh USB. The printer is added in the Server-Manager, found it on my XP workstation, installed it - but it doesn't work.

Is there a problem connecting printers to USB?

What can I do to make it work?

/Carl

Title: IP3000 works fine
Post by: larry007 on August 28, 2006, 08:23:29 PM

Just fiddling to get IP3000 set up for a client!!  It works OK, but is a tad slower than I expected.  Mobo has 8 USBs, so I chose the first one directly below the NIC (easy to remember once on site)  I suppose I got lucky, because it printed first time around!

Steps I used:
 - set up printer via user manager
 - in network browser on Window$, click CONNECT on the shared printer
 - the user has an account on the server (duno if this is needed)
 - install the driver from CD for the printer
 - print a test page (this takes a loooong time to return printer properties)
 - Done

I can only guess that you probably need to fiddle with the USB ports until you get the correct one, tedious process as first print does take its time.

Hope that helps.....