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Two Minute Drill: Enabling Print Queue Logging
12 August 08 06:00 AM

Every so often, a customer needs to enable logging on their print queues to capture as much information about print activities on their server.  Configuring the logging options is actually quite an easy administrative task, but there are a couple Read More...

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Working with Very Large Print Jobs
20 June 08 06:00 AM

There are sometimes situations where printing of very large documents containing high resolution graphics, text and images is needed.  With the growing technology of high end cameras flourishing in the market, image sizes are growing larger and larger.  Read More...

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The Case of the Stuck Cluster Service
21 March 08 06:00 AM

  Today we're going to cover an issue that is more common than you might think, but is one that may be tricky to troubleshoot.  The first thing that you may think when you read the title of this post is, "What is the Performance team doing Read More...

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Disabling Advanced Print Features
23 October 07 05:30 AM

Recently, I've had several engineers ask me about disabling of the Advanced Print Features as a troubleshooting step.  I sat down with one of our print developers to talk about the Advanced Print Features - what they do and why they are useful.  Read More...

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Kernel-Mode Print Drivers: Gone the Way of the Dinosaur
14 September 07 06:15 AM

If you have been around since the days of Windows NT, then you are probably all too familiar with Kernel-mode Print Drivers and the devastating effect that problems with those drivers can have on system stability. In the majority of environments, these Read More...

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Filed under: troubleshooting, printing, architecture, two minute drill

Terminal Server and Printer Redirection
24 August 07 01:15 PM

A common issue we work with is Printer Redirection issues with Terminal Services on Windows Server 2003. Although printer redirection seems fairly simple on the surface, the issues that we work on can get somewhat convoluted. So today we're going to look Read More...

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Windows 2003 Print Clusters - Part Three: Troubleshooting Missing Print Queues
07 August 07 07:28 AM

Many a times after a failover occurs on a clustered print server, a chill runs down the IT Administrator's spine when he notices that there are print queues missing. Today we will discuss a few basic things to check. Before doing ANYTHING however, get Read More...

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Windows Vista - Point & Print
04 May 07 05:52 AM

Here on the Perf team, we deal with quite a few printing issues. An issue we've had a few calls on since the release of Windows Vista concerns the changes made to the Point & Print functionality. Point & Print is a Windows feature that enables Read More...

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