RE: SBS 2003 Won't print to local printer

Hello Customer,

Thank you for posting here and also thanks to David for input.

From your post, I understand that SBS server cannot print to a local
printer, but it can print to a remote printer.

I would like to confirm if the symptom is that the print job keeps in
"Printing" status until you delete it. If I misunderstand the issue, please
let me know.

Firstly I would like to confirm what's the exact type, brand and model of
your printer? Please check whether it is in the HCL list:

Please visit this Web Site to check HCL list:
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hcl/default.mspx

If the legacy mode does not work, I suggest you install the latest deriver
for the printer. If the issue still happnes, please try following test:

1. Create a TXT file named 1.txt in c:\
2. Start-->Run, type cmd and click OK.
3. Run following command and check the result:

Copy c:\1.txt lpt1
Copy c:\1.txt lpt1 /b

NOTE: If the printer is not connected to LPT1, please change the port
number.

Please let us know if the 1.txt can be printed.

Check the issue in a Clean Boot environment.
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1. Click Start and Click Run, and in the "Open" line, type in "MSCONFIG"
(without the quotation marks) and click OK.
2. Under the Service tab, check "Hide All Microsoft Services", and then
click "Disable All" button. In this way, we can disable all the services
which belong to third-party programs.
3. Under the Startup tab, click "Disable All" button.

4. Click OK.
5. Choose Yes to restart the computer.
6. Check "Don't show this message or launch the system configuration
utility when Windows starts".
7. Please check if the issue persists.

NOTE: We can check on Normal Startup in the General tab to roll back to
Normal Mode after we get this issue resolved.

Please also help to gather following information:

1. Log on SBS 2003 server locally, try to print a txt file from notepad,
what is the result?
2. If it is convenient, please connect a USB printer to the server and
check if it works.
3. If you connect the printer to another Windows 2003 based server, does it
work?
4. Please turn on the print first, and then turn on the server to check if
the issue persists.

5. Ensure that printer Event Logging is enabled:

a. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Printers.
b. On the File menu, click Server Properties, and then click the Advanced
tab.
c. To turn on spooler error event logging to the system log file, click to
select or clear the "Log spooler error events" check box.
d. To turn on spooler warning event logging to the system log file, click
to select or clear the "Log spooler warning events" check box.
e. To turn on spooler information event logging to the system log file,
click to select or clear the "Log spooler information events" check box.
f. Either restart the spooler service or restart the server.
g. Check if there are any error logged in event log.

6. Please download the MPS Report tool from the following link and run it
on the SBS server, then send the generated CAB file to my mailbox
v-mzhuan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx for further investigation so that we can find what
the root cause is:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/b/1/bb139fcb-4aac-4fe5-a579-30b0bd9
15706/MPSRPT_SETUPPerf.EX

For your information:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=CEBF3C7C-7CA5-408F-
88B7-F9C79B7306C0&displaylang=en

Please try the above steps at your earliest convenience. If you have any
concern, please feel free to let me know.

Best regards,

Manfred Zhuang(MSFT)
Microsoft Online Newsgroup Support

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| I think I got those settings but I will try them when I restart the
server.
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| "davidgold" wrote:
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| > Have you tried the legacy mode setting?
| > Device manager-ports-lpt1 (properties)-Port Settings Tab- Enable legacy
Plug
| > and Play Detection.
| > Also try "use any interupt assigned to the port"
| > This has worked for me with some older Laserjets on parrallel ports.
| >
| >
| > "jcrawford" wrote:
| >
| > > The problem is it won't print to a local LPT port. It will print to
a remote
| > > printer. There are no errors in the Event Viewer. It shows the
document
| > > printing and the it shows when I delete it.
| > > Things I have done:
| > > 2 different printers.
| > > 2 different printer cables.
| > > Deleted the printer driver.
| > > Deleted the port and let it reinstall.
| > > Compared the BIOS settings and the printer setup to confirm they are
the
| > > same, the port is set to EPP.
| > > Created a new partition and install SBS on the partition and it does
the
| > > same thing.
| > > Installed 2 versions of Linux on the new partition and they both
print just
| > > fine right out of the box.
| > > I think that covers it.
| > > Any ideas?
| > >
| > >
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