User Tools

Site Tools


printer_does_not_collate

Differences

This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

Link to this comparison view

Both sides previous revisionPrevious revision
Next revision
Previous revision
Last revisionBoth sides next revision
printer_does_not_collate [2013/01/24 06:26 (11 years ago)] kevinprinter_does_not_collate [2013/01/24 06:36 (11 years ago)] kevin
Line 1: Line 1:
 ====== Printer does not collate ====== ====== Printer does not collate ======
-A network printer (P4014n) will not collate when printed to from a Windows 7 workstation.  Windows XP workstations on the same network would collate.  Collate is the checkbox in the bottom right of the printer dialog that would keep a report in printed order.+A network printer (P4014n) would not collate when printed to from a Windows 7 workstation.  Windows XP workstations on the same network would collate.  Collate is the checkbox in the bottom right of the printer dialog that would keep a report in printed order.  In this example the we used the end of day report.
  
 {{printer_collate.jpg|}} {{printer_collate.jpg|}}
  
 ===== Solution ===== ===== Solution =====
-The printer was installed on Windows 7 using an ipp:// ((Internet Printing Protocol) port instead of a standard TCP/IP port as used on Windows XP machines.  Reconfigured the printer port to print to the TCP/IP port allowed collate to work.  Unsure of benefits of using ipp as a printing protocol.+The printer was installed on Windows 7 using an ipp:// ((Internet Printing Protocol) port instead of a standard TCP/IP port as used on Windows XP machines.  Reconfigured the printer port to print to the TCP/IP port allowed collate to work.
  
-<note>There may be other reasons a printer does not respond to the collate checkbox including incorrect printer driver.  </note>+{{printer_tcpip.jpg|}} 
 + 
 +<note>There may be other reasons a printer does not respond to the collate checkbox including incorrect printer driver.  This issue had a visual symptom that had the ipp printer displaying in the Windows 7 printer dialog as a stock printer and not a picture of the actual P4014n device.</note>
  
printer_does_not_collate.txt · Last modified: 2020/05/25 14:51 (4 years ago) by kevin