Actually I am not sure if the limit I am experiencing is a user rather than a machine limit. Once I get over about 190 connections for one user, problems seem to begin. Not that I can see any of our production users needing so many connections, but I was just wondering if there was a set limit.
On 16 November 2010 11:22, Ames Matthew B <[email protected]> wrote: > On our 2003 servers, we seem to have about 180 printers before moving to > the next server, thus we have a couple of servers per site. Not sure on any > figures as to why 180 queues per server, as I suspect it was all part of the > package when the printers were installed by Xerox. I have nothing to do > with printers, other than using them :-) > > ------------------------------ > *From:* James Rankin [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* 16 November 2010 11:03 > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Maximum number of printers/print drivers > > Is there a limit to the amount of printer connections you can have on a > Windows 2008 R2 server? I've just tried adding about 315 printer connections > to a single (test) server and it seems to be struggling - to the stage where > it no longer appears to be able to enumerate the printers in the Devices And > Printers folder. I'm also starting to get a lot of "timeout" errors from the > Spooler service in event viewer. Does anyone know if there is a hard limit > to this? > > TIA, > > > JRR > > -- > "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into > the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able > rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such > a question." > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended > solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. If you are not > the intended recipient of this email, you must neither take any action based > upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the sender > if you believe you have received this email in error. QinetiQ may monitor > email traffic data and also the content of email for the purposes of > security. QinetiQ Limited (Registered in England & Wales: Company Number: > 3796233) Registered office: 85 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6PD > http://www.qinetiq.com <http://www.QinetiQ.com> <http://www.QinetiQ.com> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
