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October 4, 2004 at 06:27 PM
jlagattuta

NETWORK PRINTER PROBLEM

by jlagattuta . Updated 21 years, 9 months ago

I HAVE A NETWORK WITH APPROX 200 PC’S. EACH PC IS DIRECTED TO A SPECIFIC PRINTER, OR SOMETIMES TWO PRINTERS. TODAY I HAVE A PRINTER PRINTING A SINGLE LINE OF NON-ASCII CHARACTERS ON EACH PAGE, NONSTOP. I PULLED THE 8 PC’S DIRECTED TO THIS PRINTER OFF THE NETWORK, CANCELLED THE PRINT JOB ON THE PRINTER, REMOVED THE PRINTER NETWORK CABLE, CLEARED THE BUFFER. WHEN I RECONNECT THE PRINTER NETWORK CABLE THE JOB STARTS PRINTING JUNK AGAIN. HOW CAN I DETERMINE WHAT PC IS TALKING TO THIS PRINTER? (WITHOUT PULLING ALL 200 PC’S AND PLUGGING IN ONE AT A TIME!) ALL HELP APPRECIATED. THANKS

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