Punkrulz
Somewhat eXPerienced
- Joined
- 24 Dec 2001
- Messages
- 790
Ok guys,
So how are you supposed to add a network printer without actually knowing where on the network [a big network] it is? I work for Circuit City, and in our general office there is a printer that the managers use. The problem with the printer is that it was fickle and it just would print whenever it felt like it, sometimes it worked right, sometimes it didn't work at all.
So I was pretty much assigned the task of figuring out what the problem was with the printer. Well, before I looked at how the printer was hooked up [assuming it was locally] I removed the printer from the printers & faxes applet, and now basically I am looking on our huge network and don't see anywhere where the printer could be.
Circuit City had a few different ways of organizing everything on the network, however it looks like they've spread between about 15 different ways between the stores of organizing that information... and I've seen nothing for our store. Our General Manager isn't in today, so I'm not able to ask him to fix it [if he knows how to that is] and we really don't have a number to call on how to get that information. No idea where that information is stored, if we have it.
Yeah, I know this is pretty lame, but if you worked for Circuit City you'd understand... any idea on how I can determine what the printer is/was on the network, or what I may have had attached on the network in the past?
So how are you supposed to add a network printer without actually knowing where on the network [a big network] it is? I work for Circuit City, and in our general office there is a printer that the managers use. The problem with the printer is that it was fickle and it just would print whenever it felt like it, sometimes it worked right, sometimes it didn't work at all.
So I was pretty much assigned the task of figuring out what the problem was with the printer. Well, before I looked at how the printer was hooked up [assuming it was locally] I removed the printer from the printers & faxes applet, and now basically I am looking on our huge network and don't see anywhere where the printer could be.
Circuit City had a few different ways of organizing everything on the network, however it looks like they've spread between about 15 different ways between the stores of organizing that information... and I've seen nothing for our store. Our General Manager isn't in today, so I'm not able to ask him to fix it [if he knows how to that is] and we really don't have a number to call on how to get that information. No idea where that information is stored, if we have it.
Yeah, I know this is pretty lame, but if you worked for Circuit City you'd understand... any idea on how I can determine what the printer is/was on the network, or what I may have had attached on the network in the past?