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Author Topic: Printer not found  (Read 3101 times)

ima420r

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Printer not found
« on: November 13, 2009, 11:13:04 PM »
Can I use a printer without having a hard drive in the DNS-323? I was waiting to get a hard drive until I could confirm what would work. Well, it's been confirmed and ordered, but I would like to print some things without moving my printer to my PC.

Should I be able to access and print when there are no drives installed? If yes, then what do I need to do to have the printer work?

My VISTA computer sees the printer but nothing actually prints, and my XP computer doesn't even see the printer.
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rcblackwell

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Re: Printer not found
« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2009, 04:38:22 AM »
I don't believe printing is possible without a HD as the DNS323 partitions a HD to include a print queue. Without the queue present I don't see how it could print.
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Bob Blackwell
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fordem

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Re: Printer not found
« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2009, 06:20:09 AM »
As rcblackwell has indicated - the printserver cannot work if there is no disk installed - you need disk space for the print queue, which is where the print jobs are stored before printing.
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ima420r

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Re: Printer not found
« Reply #3 on: November 14, 2009, 01:43:58 PM »
Thanks for the info!
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