Windows 7 slow printing on shared printer

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Details required : characters remaining Cancel Submit 3 people found this reply helpful. The Windows 7 Devices and Printers page loads slowly, about 2 minues, and I am thinking that is not normal. While it is loading, if I open Services and Restart the Print Spooler, the page will open right away. Because of Airprint, I have this printer installed as a network printer, with no cable to the PC. HP's Network Diagnostic Utility erroneously reports the printer has a wired connection.

I have seen a lot of discussion on the Internet regarding Bluetooth, suggesting this problem may be solved if you activate and make automatic the Bluetooth and Bluetooth Support Services. The exposure at this point is that your Windows print server can now, well it could have done this before the protocol change too, connect to shared printer from a Linux system. No client based Linux systems. We have several appliances and some may run the Linux OS, I will have to check.

We are in the process of rolling out Windows So, we will have Win7 for a few more months Tested from my Win7 PC and printing was broken. Could not print and could not add printer.

Applied Nick Da Geek's registry fix, above, to the print server and restart the Print Spooler service. Printing appeared to work not in office to check printer today. The work-around appears to be working.

I will know for sure come Monday morning Same issue here this morning. Numerous users unable to printer Win10 , restart services, server and workstations, nothing. View printer ports Located KB on print server, installed this morning and researched that it contained printer updates. Uninstalled, printing restored. Wish MS would get their crap together on testing this stuff.

I've wasted far too many hours on stupid printing issues lately. Ran into this issue this morning. Importing the reg file onto our print server and restarting the print spooler resolved the issue for us:. Administrator access to install print drivers and no connections if the client system is not Windows or in your case, Windows 7 which will not use the same protocol methods. Hey Nick, thanks for the registry fix.

Dumb question, is that performed on the print server or on the client workstation? Words of warning be very careful applying latest Patch Tuesday updates the print server problem remains unfixed. After installing this update, Windows print clients might encounter the following errors when connecting to a remote printer shared on a Windows print server:.

Note The printer connection issues described in this issue are specific to print servers and are not commonly observed in devices designed for home use. Printing environments affected by this issue are more commonly found in enterprises and organizations.

I have given feedback on this workaround as the article recommends ports and and these are already used by either UPnP or 3CX software PBX as defaults for the Http and Https management console. Get answers from your peers along with millions of IT pros who visit Spiceworks. Error: Windows cannot connect to the printer 0xb I since uninstalled KB and printing was restored. Popular Topics in Windows Server. Spiceworks Help Desk. The help desk software for IT.

Track users' IT needs, easily, and with only the features you need. Learn More ». Frol This person is a verified professional. As an example, I spent hours with the IT Consultant at our previous office space trying to connect my Ubuntu laptop to the network printer and in the end we gave up. If ever I wanted to print something, I had to email it to a colleague and ask them to print it for me. Hardware drivers are part of the Linux kernel itself. If you have the latest hardware [printer etc] then you may need to update your operating system, which will bring the latest Linux kernel and which in turn will support your latest hardware…….

Ubuntu, Mint do not come with the bleeding edge software or the latest Linux kernel either. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Please click on the following link to open the newsletter signup page: Ghacks Newsletter Sign up. Ghacks is a technology news blog that was founded in by Martin Brinkmann. It has since then become one of the most popular tech news sites on the Internet with five authors and regular contributions from freelance writers.

Search for:. Martin Brinkmann. Windows Microsoft's analysis of the issue concluded that the issue is caused by a filename conflict. Microsoft marks latest Windows printing issue as resolved KB After installing the August patches for Windows, e. Related content Latest Intel Graphics driver includes stability improvements. KB for Windows 10 is having quite a few issues, some unconfirmed. Microsoft's latest attempt at making Microsoft Store more attractive could work.

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