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English Boards => Support => Topic started by: Isaac on July 26, 2013, 01:17:52 am

Title: not a valid printer error message
Post by: Isaac on July 26, 2013, 01:17:52 am

when printing from a client terminal on the same network.

I have shared the printer on the server but still getting the above error when printing from a client terminal?

Title: Re: not a valid printer error message
Post by: JohnS on July 26, 2013, 04:28:00 am

What is the printer share name that your using in SambaPOS ?

Title: Re: not a valid printer error message
Post by: Isaac on July 29, 2013, 02:51:58 am

Hi John

The printer share name was the same as the printer name= "POS80" which was also what the name was stated as in SambaPOS. However I changed the share name to something new i.e. WIN90PT

I then installed the printer driver on the client terminal and in Printer Properties - Ports - Add Port - Local Port = \\SERVERNAME\PRINTERSHARENAME

And now is all working fine. Thanks John

Useful source for printer sharing which was also very helpful:

http://support-sg.canon-asia.com/contents/SG/EN/8200718200.html (http://support-sg.canon-asia.com/contents/SG/EN/8200718200.html)