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<DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 0; MARGIN: 5px 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class=hr contentEditable=false readonly="true"></DIV><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Kenneth Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Reggie Freedman BS <rdfreedman@bellsouth.net> <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> filepro-list@seaslug.org <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thursday, February 2, 2012 7:02 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: Using IP address in printer definition<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" class=ms__id3874><BR>On 2/2/2012 7:23 PM, Reggie Freedman BS wrote:<BR>> I've always had printing issues over Windows networking. Forgetfulness,<BR>> drops, local redirected to computer shared printer, computer is not turned<BR>> on, printer not turned on. All printers, switches and computers are on<BR>> UPS's. (excludes power hungry lasers). Always the need to batch reconnect,<BR>> etc.. Now...<BR>><BR>> Printers are network connected or on the network fed by netgear ps121 (USB)<BR>> print server. All are fed directly as network IP port / managed on a Windows<BR>> 2008 server and the filePro and DOS accounting server. Since filePro has the<BR>> printer drivers, as does an old DOS accounting software, printers are on the<BR>> server and configured as dumb text (pass-thru) printers. Four printers are<BR>> across a WAN to a sales office
for printing SO's. reports, labels and<BR>> invoices.<BR>><BR>> Since putting all printers shared at the server, at each user's box,<BR>> printing is redirecting to the needed one from filepro to the server hosted<BR>> printer, or accounting to the server hosted printer and no connection or<BR>> dropped problems. The Windows 2008 (32bit) server is rock solid! Today, just<BR>> about all printing problems are jam, out of paper or printer not turned on.<BR>> 21 printers total - LAN and WAN. No printer is shared on a user's box. Just<BR>> not reliable.<BR>[...]<BR><BR>We have a network-connected printer, and filePro has no problem printing to <BR>it with a destination of "WIN:DELL2150-A58D44-IPv4". No servers, no shares, <BR>no redirection, just "print to this network printer".<BR><BR>-- <BR>Kenneth Brody<BR></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" class=ms__id3874>Hi Ken,</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" class=ms__id3874>I understand what you say above but that is a very simplictic setup. It is different if you have 10 - 12 printers, several servers, 30 workstations, all running a multitude of different programs all windows (except filePro - see note below). I do agree with Reggie that running all printers as network off of a dedicated server would be the best solution. But finding a spare server, rewiring, changing configs, etc - sounds like a lot of work I don't have time for. </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" class=ms__id3874><smal rant on></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" class=ms__id3874>filePro (Windows) ? will we ever see a truely windows version of fp? I am retiring on 5/1/2014. If the answer is no then after I get done with our MRP upgrade, I should consider setting up all critical fp processes up on fpweb. I would just like an honest answer.</DIV>
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