Kyocera and WSD printing

[bsm2]

No Period. Do I disable No. Install the KX driver and configure.

[Vincent128]

On the Toshibas we used to turn it off but then found out that it breaks mobile printing from 'Droid ... mostly though the windows deleting printers and installing WSD and using a junk driver can be fixed by unchecking 'let windows manage my default printer' ... have not had any more issues with WSD.

[Phil B.]

I turn off WSD on everything I touch.

[Blizzoo]

On the Toshibas we used to turn it off but then found out that it breaks mobile printing from 'Droid ... mostly though the windows deleting printers and installing WSD and using a junk driver can be fixed by unchecking 'let windows manage my default printer' ... have not had any more issues with WSD.

Indeed the scanning app Toshiba Ebridge Print and Capture won't work if WSD for Print and Scan is disabled. If the customer is using only iPhones and don't need to scan from MFP to the phone they can use AirPrint and turn off WSD.

[Brianneoe]

Hey all,

Sorry to necro this thread, but I just had to turn off WSD on a FS-C2526, and it took me a while to find it. So I figured I'd post where it was here, so the next tech doesn't have to search!

I got into Command Center (web UI), then logged in as Admin. Then I clicked Basic tab (blue), under Security, mouse over Device Security and choose Network Security, then scroll to the end of the page and there are 4 switches for WSD, for print, scan, enhanced WSD, and enhanced WSD over SSL, all of which I turned off. Then I restarted the printer, and the Win10 PC I was on didn't find it, so it should be good.

As an aside, one of the Windows Updates that came through this year also seems to automatically add another printer copy if IPP settings are left on now, just like WSD. I've mainly seen it happen with Canons, but I bet it does for other brands too.

I started to disable IPP also on my Ricoh units for the same reasons you stated. The only problem so far is that it also breaks Airprint.

[copier tech]

I turn off WSD on everything I touch.

Same. Every manufactures this process is different but there is always a way.

[Crusher]

WSD has been causing water mark dialog recently. I disable it on Kyocera copiers and printers. Windows updates have in past completely deleted driver, turns on wsd port and installs Microsoft ipp driver in its place on Windows 10 and 11.

[ihatefinishers13]

WSD should be abolished on commercial grade printers, as it causes nothing but problems. Sharp seems to now disable it by default, but with Kyocera, I had an issue once where an HP driver package decided to make it's own Kyocera WSD driver, and the machine had no idea what to do, and would just sit at an error state.

With WSD, we have been turning it off for years, and have mitigated a bulk of issues we used to have all the time it seemed. As you'll see from this whole thread, copier tech's HATE that protocol.

[slimslob]

WSD should be abolished on commercial grade printers, as it causes nothing but problems. Sharp seems to now disable it by default, but with Kyocera, I had an issue once where an HP driver package decided to make it's own Kyocera WSD driver, and the machine had no idea what to do, and would just sit at an error state.

With WSD, we have been turning it off for years, and have mitigated a bulk of issues we used to have all the time it seemed. As you'll see from this whole thread, copier tech's HATE that protocol.

Web Services on Device (WSD) is a Microsoft API and therein lies the problem. It belongs to the almighty Microsoft.

[rthonpm]

The only use I've found for WSD is scanning. It makes detection much easier than TWAIN and a simple WIA driver gives scanning options that aren't available directly from the device.

Case in point: it will allow Ricoh devices to scan to PNG, a lossless format, as opposed to just JPG or PDF. For a few customers this has proved invaluable as they can better edit the output files.

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