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by sd99

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I have 3 HP LaserJet 8100's pooled on Win2k Pro (Standard TCP/IP ports).
If a job stops before it is done(paper jam,toner out,etc) the jobs starts printing on another printer from the beginning. I do not want this to happen,I want the job to sit idle and wait for user intervention. Is there a way to do this? I can't find a timeout setting.

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by w2ktechman

On the print server the printers are setup like that. Individual printers do not automatically print to other printers. The print server has multiple printers installed (as if 1 printer kindof) so when one fails, another takes over. The only way around that I know of is to bypass the print server (not suggested at work) and create a tcp/ip port and load the printer as a local printer using its IP address (not name).
The other solution would be to change the print server settings.

by sd99

Thanks for your answer.
The printers are already installed as local printers using TCP/IP ports.
"The other solution would be to change the print server settings." What settings would I change?

by w2ktechman

wow, they are installed as individual printers using IP addresses (not names) and they are still printing like a printer group. Try blowing away all printers on the computer and then re-add them 1 at a time. If the printers have different IP addresses, then this should not be happening.

by sd99

I want them grouped (I have them pooled). I just don't want a stalled job to timeout and start printing on another printer.

by sd99

Or does anyone know of a third party program that will allow me to configure printers in this manner?

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