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  1. Oct 16th, 2004, 01:31 PM #1
    ALundrigan
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    Windows Server 2003 & Network Printers

    I've been tinkering with using Windows Server 2003 as a print and file server for my local network. Whenever I add my printer (cheap-ass Lexmark Z515), and then try to print from it, it just says "Invalid Handle" or "The Handle is Invalid"

    If I delete all the printers, and then plug the Lexmark back in, Windows detects it but creates an empty printer (No name, no properties....all I get are errors when trying to do anything with this automatically added printer). If I install the printer manually on USB then everything seems to go fine, but when I try to print something it just gives back the invalid handle errors.

    I have the most updated drivers for this printer.

    Any suggestions?

    Thanks in advance,
    - Adam Lundrigan
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  2. Oct 16th, 2004, 05:54 PM #2
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    is it compatible with Windows 2003 (or W2K)? I had an old Lexmark that wasn't compatible with W2K, I had to trade with my cousin for his printer, which was.
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  3. Oct 16th, 2004, 07:35 PM #3
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    hmmm....its compatible with Windows 2000 and Windows XP, but it doesn't say anything about Windows Server 2003.
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    see if its on m$'s site for compatible hardware. mine wasn't on the list. i tried it anyways, and it didn't work. the driver also didn't specify W2K
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    see if its on m$'s site for compatible hardware. mine wasn't on the list. i tried it anyways, and it didn't work. the driver also didn't specify W2K
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    see if its on m$'s site for compatible hardware. mine wasn't on the list. i tried it anyways, and it didn't work. the driver also didn't specify W2K
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    see if its on m$'s site for compatible hardware. mine wasn't on the list. i tried it anyways, and it didn't work. the driver also didn't specify W2K
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