Re: Looking for tips to stabilize my print server

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I haven't sorted it out yet, and I haven't tried the suggestions in KB947477
yet (somehow I don't think they apply to me - just a hunch). I have two
other smaller sites that I keep domain controllers at (they use a single
2003 R2 server) and also as their print server, with a similar mix of
printers (just much smaller proportions, about 22 instead of 287). I'm
trying to compare them, to see why the spooler service doesn't crash at
those two sites like it does here. One site has the latest 4250 driver, and
one doesn't. Other than that, they're pretty similar. And pretty reliable.
Although I did notice when I updated the 4250 driver at one of the remote
sites (trying to fix a random printing issue), when the server started
pushing out the updated druver to the client PCs, often the spooler on the
PCs would crash and not restart. Related, ironic, or both?

I'm also trying to relate the 6161 errors (or any printing errors) with when
the spooler crashes. I think I might see a pattern with an Excel spread***
that gets printed frequently to a LJ4200, but I'm not sure.

I haven't given up, and will post the changes/results here.

Bruce


"JoShmo" <JoShmo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Im getting very similar issues on a few win2k3 print servers, its looking
like the 1320 driver is the one cause our faults.. 6161 errors with a 0
They
have been ongoing for a couple of years now... HP released a new driver in
May 08 (for a printer that has been discontinued hmmm..) but we are still
getting issues.

Have you managed to get to the bottom of your issue, we have already tried
the points in KB947477



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