{"id":4286,"date":"2016-09-06T16:59:56","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T16:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alt2.minisoft.com\/support\/?p=4286"},"modified":"2020-06-25T14:33:12","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T21:33:12","slug":"eformz-print-from-windows-server-to-network-printer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/eformz-print-from-windows-server-to-network-printer\/","title":{"rendered":"eFORMz Print from Windows Server to Network Printer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>View <a href=\"\/support\/index.php\/lpd-communication\/\">LPD Communication<\/a> for general instructions. Consult the information below if the LPD setup through the Standard TCP\/IP Port is blocked by Active Directory.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For printing from an implementation of eFORMz on a Windows Server, it is recommended that Network Printers are\u00a0re-created as Local Printers.\u00a0While there are times when the use of a network printer will work, these printers can stop at any time because of a security change or patch.\u00a0The issue stems\u00a0from where the printers are defined. When logged into the desktop of a Windows Server, any number of printers can be seen in the list. These printers, however, are not necessarily available to the Windows service running eFORMz. Usually the service is a local machine user specifically &#8220;LocalService.&#8221; These local identities usually do not have permission to access network resources. These are the printers with names like this:<\/p>\n<p><code>\\\\server\\printer &lt;file:\/\/\/\\\\server\\printer&gt;<\/code><\/p>\n<p>In many cases the printer definition seen by the desktop user are not on the system permanently. They are added as part of the logon script each time the user logs in. These are seen as &#8220;printer on system.&#8221;\u00a0Additionally, starting with a patch to Windows Server 2008 R2 and continuing through the current Windows Servers; <a href=\"\/support\/index.php\/lpd-communication\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the LPD setup through Standard TCP\/IP Port may be blocked by Active Directory<\/a>. There is now a port that can be created called LPR Port (Line Printer Remote Port Monitor):<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4287\" src=\"https:\/\/alt2.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/image002.png\" alt=\"image002\" width=\"473\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/image002.png 473w, https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/image002-277x300.png 277w, https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/image002-139x150.png 139w, https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/image002-250x271.png 250w, https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/image002-166x180.png 166w, https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/image002-462x500.png 462w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This option becomes available if the Windows Feature for LPR Port Monitor\u009d is added:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4289\" src=\"https:\/\/alt2.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/image005.png\" alt=\"image005\" width=\"409\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/image005.png 409w, https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/image005-300x268.png 300w, https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/image005-150x134.png 150w, https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/image005-250x223.png 250w, https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/image005-202x180.png 202w, https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/image005-336x300.png 336w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 409px) 100vw, 409px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once added, select\u00a0<em>Create a new port and add a new printer<\/em>, and then choose <em>LPR Port<\/em>.\u00a0Use the <em>Add LPR compatible printer<\/em> dialog box to type the IP address or host name that is hosting the shared printer, and the name of the print queue.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alt2.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/image004.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4288\" src=\"https:\/\/alt2.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/image004.png\" alt=\"image004\" width=\"713\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/image004.png 713w, https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/image004-300x97.png 300w, https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/image004-150x48.png 150w, https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/image004-250x81.png 250w, https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/image004-550x177.png 550w, https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/image004-558x180.png 558w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>View LPD Communication for general instructions. Consult the information below if the LPD setup through the Standard TCP\/IP Port is blocked by Active Directory. For printing from an implementation of eFORMz on a Windows Server, it is recommended that Network Printers are\u00a0re-created as Local Printers.\u00a0While there are times when the use of a network printer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,41],"tags":[22,33,138,137,32,31,26],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4286"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4286"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8120,"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4286\/revisions\/8120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}