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  • copiman
    Technician

    500+ Posts
    • Sep 2011
    • 861

    #1

    Printing issue

    Error and Drivers.pdfThe copier is a DP-8060. Customer called for display saying "scan disk do not turn off". Turned out to be the hard drive. Replaced the hard drive. All seemed ok.

    Here is my problem:

    First of all, I can connect my laptop up to the copier and print all day long. Customer can print a test page. When they try to print something is where it fails and you get the error (see attached). Once they try to print, say a word document, the customer cannot print even a test page. All the customers applications like "Word" is not on the local PC, its I believe on a server somewhere. I think in another state. They have had printing issues before with applications and turning the PC off/on normally fixes it.

    Spoke with there IT department (in another state) and they say it is not there problem. It has to be the printer. I always thought if I can print from a laptop directly to the printer via a Ethernet cable, the printer is fine.

    I have attached the pictures of the error, diver ports screen shot, and test pages. Note the differences in the ports. I saw one like this before that was causing this error on a XP workstation (peer to peer), so I deleted the driver and loaded the driver and that fixed it. The problem I'm having now is on a Domain. Oh, and I do not have access to change anything, per IT.

    I'm at a loss on this one.
  • JustManuals
    Field Supervisor

    5,000+ Posts
    • Jan 2006
    • 9838

    #2
    Re: Printing issue

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    • mojorolla
      The Wolf

      2,500+ Posts
      • Jan 2010
      • 2583

      #3
      Re: Printing issue

      Do you have Panasonic Port Monitor installed?
      Download - Common to each model | Digital Imaging System | Office Products | Business & Professional | Support | Panasonic Global


      Failing to plan is planning to fail!!!

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      • copiman
        Technician

        500+ Posts
        • Sep 2011
        • 861

        #4
        Re: Printing issue

        Not sure. The port on the driver did not look that way a few weeks ago. Their IT department is the only one who can do anything on the network I did look at the user guide for Panasonic Port Monitor and it would appear that it is installed because the port on the driver looks like what is in the user guide. I thought I saw something to the effect that Port Monitor supports up to NT. Is that true?

        My confusion comes in as to why you would want to use it at all. In all our customer base, we just load the driver on each PC using the IP address of the copier and everything works. So, why would you use port monitor?

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        • onetek
          Trusted Tech

          250+ Posts
          • Apr 2009
          • 318

          #5
          Re: Printing issue

          Well you proved to your customer that its not the copier's fault if it prints fine from your laptop. I would offer to install the driver locally on their computer .I've had to fight with IT departments many times over such issues. Try switching their driver to lpr also.(instead of raw,9100)

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          • mojorolla
            The Wolf

            2,500+ Posts
            • Jan 2010
            • 2583

            #6
            Re: Printing issue

            I agree with onetek, if laptop and crossover works, it is their network AND their problem.
            If programs like Word are not stored locally, it sounds like a cloud based setup. Good luck with that!


            Failing to plan is planning to fail!!!

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            • copiman
              Technician

              500+ Posts
              • Sep 2011
              • 861

              #7
              Re: Printing issue

              This morning I was able to get their IT to help. Turns out the issue was that 2 devices had the same IP address. Guess they forgot to reserve it in their server. The director of IT apologized to me this morning for their behavior yesterday. Next time, I will only do what pertains to me. Guess that's what you get for trying to help folks. Thanks everyone for your help.

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              • onetek
                Trusted Tech

                250+ Posts
                • Apr 2009
                • 318

                #8
                Re: Printing issue

                Glad you got it sorted out. I cannot tell you how many times I had to prove our copiers ok with IT's or ISP's.

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