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Printing Problem in Domain Network


Shelax

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Hi all,

i have a major problem in server 2003 domain network.

i have a xeon server with 4 gb ram.

installed server 2003 enterprise r2 edition.

created domain and users

internet shared,

printer shared.

join all users to domain.

all working okay.

few day's ago no one can print from printer including server administrator.

client user logon on locally and can print from local printers, but unable to print on domain network.

i do followed procedures.

go to printer properties > port > unchecked "enable bidirectional support".

then clicked on advanced > select "print directly to printer" & unchecked "enable advanced printing features"

after restart all user can print on domain network.

after 2 days printing problem continues.

no one can print on domain.

i do followed procedures again.

go to printer properties > port > checked "enable bidirectional support".

then clicked on advanced > select "spool print documents so program finishes printing faster" & checked "enable advanced printing features"

after that cmd > "net stop spooler" then "net start spooler"

administrator will able to print but client are able to print but print are coming after restart spooler service or server.

then i do first procedures again as below :

go to printer properties > port > unchecked "enable bidirectional support".

then clicked on advanced > select "print directly to printer" & unchecked "enable advanced printing features"

all users can print.

this problem continues every 1 or 2 days. when given print from client side no prints are in queue and task bar notification displays "document sent to printer"

i reinstalled server and configured as previous server config lot of times but no solution.

also tried server 2008 r2. in r2 it working okay for few days only then it displays for installing correct printer drivers and unable to add driver.

Now what to do?

spooler directory has everyone and full access permissions applied.

added all users to printer security tab and given full permissions.

can anyone help me how to solve this problem

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