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by anjan52

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I have a win2000 server with around 30 client under the domain. a printer is connected to one of the clients with due share. All of users can print normally. sometimes the users can't print as the msg show "Unable to connect, access denied". If i restart the PC where the printer is connected or the users' pc, it becomes ok. Is there any permanent solution?
Pls help!

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by khariskh

What's the O/S on the client PC where you have the printer hooked up to? For clients you're limited in the number of connection to it - if I'm not mistaken, it's 5.

Network it off of the server instead. If the printer doesn't have a LAN port, get a converter.

by oh smeg

Are XP Home 5 Concurrent Connections.

XP Media Center 5 Concurrent Connections.

Neither of these OS's can be added to a Domain,

XP Pro 10 Concurrent Connections.

This is the only version of XP that can be added to a Domain.

The problem here is that when other client computers connect to what is effectively a Print Server they do not relinquish their current connection so once 10 computers have sent 1 Print Job it becomes impossible to connect another computer to the computer with the Printer Attached. You need to restart either the computer with the Printer Attached or clear the Current connected computers.

Sometimes an existing computer that is already connected instead of sending a Print Request down the established connection attempts to open another connection and if the Upper Limit is already reached the Print Job Fails.

The permanent solution is to setup a Dedicated Print Sever with a Server OS in use not a Workstation OS.

Col

by anjan52

The problem is that among the 30 clients, ~26-27 are win2000 due to the low PC configuration. There r 3 printers n they are not network printers. These are HP 1320, Canon 1120 etc. It's not cost effective to set 3 printer server.
Please comment!

by anjan52

By the way, how to clear currently connected computers?

Thanks for the Ext/Int printer server suggestions. I need to talk 2 MGT. Coz $150 is not a small amount in Bangladesh as it seems to U over in US. Lots of ppls get less than $150 per month.

by anjan52

the Client OS where the printer is hooked is win2000. R u suggesting me to hook off that printer from the client and connect the printer to LAN with a converter (as it's not a network printer)?
Will it help?

by rob miners

and the original OP would do better to invest in a couple. I used to print to a single printer with 25 workstations per room.

by oh smeg

With Windows 2000 PRO you can only have 10 Concurrent Connections at any one time. That is what the problem is here.

As M$ doesn't address this issue and I have never used a LAN setup that way the only way I'm aware of clearing the Currently Connected Computers is to restart the system. Windows 2000 was never designed to work in this manner.

Col

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