Re: same USB printers cause new hardware detection

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On May 21, 10:14 am, "Terry R." <F1ComNOS...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On one network I admin, we have over a dozen laptops used for "check-in"
purposes.  When I configure them for printing, I use just one of the
printers, all of which are identical.  Whenever many of them are used, I
  would get reports that printing didn't work.

Yesterday I reconfigured 3 laptops with one printer and checked okay.
Yet when a user hooked 3 laptops to 3 printers, two of them wouldn't
print.  I was onsite at the time and found that Windows had re-installed
drivers and created copies of the printer and the default printer no
longer would print at all.  A few of the laptops still have LPT1 ports
and printing that way isn't an issue.  Only USB.

What would cause Windows to see each of these printers differently even
though they are all the same make and model (Zebra TLP 2844-Z)?  As a
last resort, I guess we can mark each laptop specifically for a printer,
but that is a PIA, since there are many staff that also use their
laptops occasionally and if someone else is using "their" printer,
they're out of luck.

Thanks for any suggestions,
--
Terry R.

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This is caused by the Plug and Play (PnP) system. Each and every
printer would have their own unique device ID and the PnP system will
re-install the newly detected printer. One possible way is to connect
these printers to a print server on the network. These laptops would
not detect the printer and you would need to configure the IP
address(es) to access these printer.
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