Adobe or Cute PDF printer

[Roger Saffle]

This is not working anymore. Client 0.10.6 . Says :
5/25/2016 10:42 AM Client-Info Client Version: 0.10.6
5/25/2016 10:42 AM Client-Info Client OS: Windows
5/25/2016 10:42 AM Client-Info Server Version: 7845
5/25/2016 10:42 AM Middleware::Response Success
5/25/2016 10:42 AM PrinterManager Adding printers
5/25/2016 10:42 AM PrinterManager HS MC Copier already exists
5/25/2016 10:42 AM Printer Attempting to add printer:
5/25/2016 10:42 AM Printer --> Name = PDF_Printer_10
5/25/2016 10:42 AM Printer --> IP = 10.95.95.100
5/25/2016 10:42 AM Printer --> Port = CPW2:
5/25/2016 10:42 AM Printer --> File = C:\ProgramData\drivers\HP\1215\HPCP1215.INF
5/25/2016 10:42 AM Printer --> Config =
5/25/2016 10:42 AM Printer --> Model = HP Color LaserJet CP1215
5/25/2016 10:42 AM Printer ERROR: Could not add
5/25/2016 10:42 AM Printer ERROR: Generic failure

I am using the same port as I did on the old fog client. Any idea what a Generic Failure is?

[Roger Saffle]

Seems to be the : , if i put in just the port with out the : it makes the port and installs. Of course that doesnt prompt to save. As soon as i put in the correct port name with the : i get the generic failure.

[Joe Schmitt]

@Roger-Saffle Adding : to a port makes it invalid. There’s nothing the client can do about the user entering a bad port.

[Roger Saffle]

Thanks for the feed back. I am 99.5% Positive it worked with the legacy for printer client. I know i pushed out Cute_PDF printers last year with it.

as you can see here, Windows does indeed add the : to its default PDF or XPS port name

Thanks again for the quick reply.

EDIT: It just dawned on me that maybe I need to do the install as a LOCAL printer? Cuz LPT1: has a : also this video shows adding the : after LPT1 http://freeghost.sourceforge.net/videotutorials/printer.swf Ill try tomorrow and post back.

[Roger Saffle]

Well that didnt work. “Lcoal” is not an option. So how would I even add a printer to LPT1: or File: since they both have : in them?

[Quazz]

@Roger-Saffle PDFCreator seems to use a printer port without :, so that might be worth checking out.

[Roger Saffle]

@Quazz do you use pdfcreator? Do you have a link. I tried a couple called PDFcreator. 1 had : in the ports, the other set off my AnitVirus.

[Quazz]

@Roger-Saffle You can get it through Ninite. Creates a port called pdfcmon

I have not tested printer managing any of that though, but it might be worth a shot.

[Joe Schmitt]

For the client not to remove a printer, only the name has to match whats on the server. So if you have some printer installed, (e.g. cutepdf), just make a printer on fog with the same name.

[Roger Saffle]

@Jbob Thanks a million! That worked. Just made sure CutePDF was on the image, then made a printer with the same name in fog, and BOOM fog kept the printer and did not delete it.

[Wayne Workman]

@Jbob said in Adobe or Cute PDF printer:

For the client not to remove a printer, only the name has to match whats on the server. So if you have some printer installed, (e.g. cutepdf), just make a printer on fog with the same name.

#wiki worthy

[Wayne Workman]

We need a wiki article on Printer Management.