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тАО08-20-2010 11:12 AM
тАО08-20-2010 11:12 AM
Trouble mapping OpenVMS printer in Windows7
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тАО08-20-2010 01:32 PM
тАО08-20-2010 01:32 PM
Re: Trouble mapping OpenVMS printer in Windows7
While that description may uniquely specify
the system, it conveys very little useful
information to anyone outside your
organization.
> [...] We are not trying to move to
> Windows7. [...]
That may be wise. Or did you mean "now"?
> [...] I get "Windows Cannot connect to the
> printer".Any ideas?
Someone with some Microsoft expertise might
have some clue as to what that message
actually means.
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тАО08-20-2010 08:48 PM
тАО08-20-2010 08:48 PM
Re: Trouble mapping OpenVMS printer in Windows7
Unless we're sure what environment is in use we're guessing. Now, personally, my gut feel is that the fault lies in W7 and some of the new security it's supposed to have. Something in the working setup no longer works as expected. Start by looking at the tools you're using to share printers and find out if they've been fully tested and supported with the version of Windows you're using. But that would just be a GUESS...
bob
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тАО08-21-2010 05:07 AM
тАО08-21-2010 05:07 AM
Re: Trouble mapping OpenVMS printer in Windows7
Windows 7 into a (generic, remote) (LPD or telnet) printer connection.
Tossing a query (your error message, Windows 7) into Google returns some part of 313,000 hits, including this one:
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7network/thread/49458c16-e99e-4af9-8cd9-40299af66f8e
One of the usual pointers is to setting the printer connection up as "local", whatever that means for Windows.
The local printers are all network printers and are not served printers, an approach which (usually, greatly) simplifies the printer configuration, connection and maintenance; everybody connects directly.
But at its core, you're asking a Microsoft Windows 7 support question of folks that are mostly familiar with VMS. Not the best audience for Microsoft Windows support; some of us don't even use Windows. Not the spot to get a quick answer.
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тАО08-22-2010 09:41 AM
тАО08-22-2010 09:41 AM
Re: Trouble mapping OpenVMS printer in Windows7
It would help, however, to know what networking product is being used and how XP maps to the printers.
Tschroeder: I suspect you would have the same problem with Vista so use the Forums advanced search option to search the OpenVMS forum for Vista.
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тАО08-23-2010 04:50 AM
тАО08-23-2010 04:50 AM
Re: Trouble mapping OpenVMS printer in Windows7
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тАО08-23-2010 05:05 AM
тАО08-23-2010 05:05 AM
Re: Trouble mapping OpenVMS printer in Windows7
I suspect even with the most recent version of Advanced Server you're not going to have much success unless...
I recommend configuring the printer on the Windows 7 client as a local printer rather than a network printer. At some point in the Add Printer Wizard it wil allow you to add a "port" and you want to specify the new port name as:
\\servername\printsharename
Most current Windows printer drivers no longer support the archaic printing system used by Advanced Server (which is based on very old pre-Windows NT protocols).
You might have some success configuring it as a network printer if you reconfigure the Advanced Server to use NT-style printing (aka supports the SpoolSS service), but I suspect you don't want to go through the extra work that will entail. If interested, please refer to the Advanced Server documentation.
Regards,
Paul