Re: Duplex unit
From: Bruce Sanderson (Bruce.Sanderson_at_junk.junk)
Date: 04/14/04
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Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 13:09:15 -0700
With some HP LaserJet printer drivers, particularly the 4000 series, there's
a problem with some of the settings, including whether or not a Duplexing
Unit is installed when there is a mixture of NT 4 and later OS versions
(2000, XP, 2003).
The document at
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=bpl13043
has quite a bit of useful information for mixed OS version situations with
HP Printers.
But, the only bypass for the settings misbehaviour we have found is to
always make configuration changes (e.g. enabling Duplexing Unit) from a
Windows XP workstation.
We don't have NT 4 workstations, but many of our print servers are still NT
4.0. We've found that if we merely open the printer's properties page on
the print server, Windows 2000 and XP computers discover that the Duplexing
Unit is no longer installed.
-- Bruce Sanderson MVP It's perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question. "Bill Peele [MS]" <bpeele@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:JLXMCDlIEHA.3636@cpmsftngxa06.phx.gbl... > -------------------- > From: "Mart" <zibius@hotmail.com> > Subject: Duplex unit > Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 08:22:30 -0700 > Newsgroups: microsoft.public.win2000.printing > > I've just setup a windows 2000 print server with only HP > printers. From 4050 to 4200 models. I have NT 4 and 2000 > workstation. When I add a network printer on a NT 4, the > Duplex unit is shown as installed. On a Windows 2000 the > Duplex unit is not installed. On the server, all duplex > unit have been configured properly. So everytime a user > login, he as to enable that feature by hand. The same is > true for tray 3 and 4. > ----- > > Mart, > > What you describe is strange. The printer settings on the server, as far as if the duplex unit and trays are installed, should > carry through to the clients since a network printer on the client uses the printer definition from the server. In fact the options > on the printers Device Settings tab should be grayed out on the client, unless their account has permissions on the server > to administer printers. > > To get the client to use these settings you normally need to right click the printer and then select Printer Preferences from > the context menu. These settings are stored locally in the registry at the client system and should still be there after a > reboot. > > Bill Peele > Microsoft Enterprise Support > > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Use of included script samples are subject to the > terms specified at http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm > > Note: For the benefit of the community-at-large, all responses to this message are best directed to the newsgroup/thread > from which they originated.
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