...that the printer drivers were updated and now have a problem.
If these are Dymo label printers, I'm pretty sure they image the print
job on the PC, in the PC's memory, then stream the resulting bit-map to
the printer's print head through the USB connection as a serial stream
of on-off bits. In other words, the actual label printer has little or
no intelligence. That also means that the print job size can be pretty
large on the PC in the spool depending on the label's content (logos,
barcodes, text.)
So, multiple systems with identical problems that have not been updated
in any way...I would suspect the Windows Print Spooler service and the
uninstall/reinstall to reinitialize the print spool.
Have you tried setting the printer driver to print direct to the printer
without spooling the data stream? It will likely cause the computer to
become sluggish while printing (since it will be feeding the printer "up
front") and it might cause the print job to not print 100%, but it would
be worth a try to see if bypassing the spooling on the workstation
resolves the problem.
Disclaimer: I have no experience with your configuration...which
includes a Windows Server...dunno how/if that might interfere with an
application running on a local workstation that is printing to a local
workstation's printer. I've managed to avoid Windows Servers up to this
point and hope to continue my success...
Mike
Frank Cazabon wrote:
On 25/04/2014 02:45 PM, Mike Copeland wrote:
Ah...multiple printers acting the same way...I would suspect printer
driver upgrade?
Meaning the printer driver needs upgrading or was upgraded and now has
a problem?
The PCs are not connected to the internet, so no driver upgrade has
taken place. No Windows updates either :)
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