| oldraven |
How do I stop my PC from searching the network for available printer drivers? We set up an old plotter here at work a few months back, when the Kip was down, and any PC that didn't have the driver for that old HP (a few of us started working here with new PC's after they shelved the old plotter) would get the BSOD every time you tried to choose a printer from the list. Even after removing the plotter from the network, it would show the printers that were there to begin with, then the list would refresh. You had a split second before she went Blue.
Anyway, we had a tech. come in and he changed some setting on the effected machines that stopped it from searching the network, and it works perfect. The problem is, the manager didn't know any of this was going on, and now, when he tries to print from a list (you have to pick a plotter when using Microstation) he now gets the BSOD, but no one remembers where this fucking setting is, and I'd rather not call the guy up and have him bill the company for something he's already fixed.
I officially hate HP plotters.
Oh, yes. Finding the driver online and installing it does nothing. |
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| AudiInProgress |
Okay. This old HP Plotter that you installed on the network at your office...
Did you install it individually on each workstation?
Or did you install it on a/the server in your office and then share out the printer from said server to be accessible by all workstations?
And from what I understand, you're saying this HP Plotter has since been removed from the network? If so, then why not just delete the printer from "Printers and Faxes" on the workstation and/or server where it is installed?
If it is installed on a/the server as I suspect, and you do not wish to delete it, just incase you need to use it in the future... You can prevent the server from listing it in the directory service.
The printer will still be shared, and you can manually connect to it by browsing the the server shares... But it won't be listed across the network in the directory service. |
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| AudiInProgress |
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| oldraven |
Right on, man. I'll give that a go tomorrow. Thanks.
So, is there a setting on your PC that stops it from scanning the network for drivers? I'd like to know how the guy fixed (skirted) the issue on the workstations that didn't already have the driver.
What we did was plug the old plotter into the network, the same place they unplugged it from, and all of the workstations that had the driver originally were fine. But three units have been added since the plotter was replaced, and we haven't even looked at the old one since I started working there. Anyway, that's when the new units went haywire. I removed the printer from my printers and faxes and installed the downloaded driver from the internet. Same shit. |
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| AudiInProgress |
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Originally posted by oldraven
I removed the printer from my printers and faxes and installed the downloaded driver from the internet. Same shit.
Why?
Why not just leave it removed if the old plotter is no longer in use? |
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| oldraven |
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Originally posted by AudiInProgress
Why?
Why not just leave it removed if the old plotter is no longer in use?
I wanted to try making the plotter work before giving up completely. We were in a pinch and our Kip was pooched. The roller died the afternoon before we dusted off the HP. After the driver update failed to help, we removed the plotter and told a few customers they would have to wait a day or two, or go to Staples. |
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