Have a look at this: http://www.zebra.com/id/zebra/na/en/index/products/printers/desktop/tlp2824. html Zebra ("Zebra's Desktop series thermal printers") print drivers are not Windows Server compatible. Zebra recommends ZebraNet PrintServers. It might work with other brands. Use only newest printing software. Be careful when installing and configuring. God luck !
Birger Rieb -----Opprinnelig melding----- Fra: Eric Brouwer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 5. november 2008 16:00 Til: NT System Admin Issues Emne: RE: USB printers on 2003 Server Per your advice, I'm taking a step back from what I was trying to do. I hooked my Zebra TLP2824 directly to a USB port on my 2003 Server. When I try to install it, I get the warning that the drivers are not signed (or something to that effect). I tell it to continue anyway, and it looks like it's working, but in the end I get this message: Cannot install this software. There was a problem installing this software. An error occurred during the installation of the device. The printer driver is unknown. During the install, the server correctly ids the printer, and finds the right driver. Is it possible for a 2003 Server to NOT allow you to install a printer driver that is not certified by Microsoft and Windows? -----Original Message----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 6:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: USB printers on 2003 Server On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 5:05 PM, Eric Brouwer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a Windows 2003 Server acting as my print server, among other roles. > I have two specialty printers (DVD labeler and a bar code printer) I need to > make available to everyone. Problem is, they are both USB printers ... If you haven't already, test them locally attached to the server first. Some printers just don't share well (or at all). There's a lot of crappy software out there. > ... and need to be located away from the server. I used a device called a "USB Ethernet extender" in the past for something like this. It's a pair of small boxes. Both have Ethernet ports and get an IP address. One plugs into the server and acts like the printer. One plugs into the printer and acts like the server. I guess they don't work with some kinds of USB devices, but it worked for the test equipment we had in that scenario. It's been long enough that I've forgotten what brand/model we used for that trick, but Google results seem promising: http://www.google.com/search?q=usb+ethernet+extender -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
