W2k24 print server with IPP enabled not allowing network devices to print to it

Hi @John Adamski Windows Internet Print server feature was added in Windows 2000. Just FYI. Can you reference the instructions you reference? Is Windows Protected Print mode supported on this version of Windows? The certificate referenced should be installed on the client system if you need to to set up the connection to the share over IPPS. IPP connections are supported starting in Windows 2000 to this day. If the requirement is to send the job from the server to the printer, that will be a different set of steps. Thanks

Did you review PrintService logs on the client system? The Admin logs are there. Operational are not enabled by default so turn those on. Thanks

Let's get you started with the connection to the server over IPP first.

On a Windows 11 client, open Settings / Printers & scanners. Click Add Device and after a couple seconds you will see a new link called "Add a new device manually"

You can skip all this crap by opening an elevated command prompt and executing printui /il

You will see the Add Printer UI

Click "Select a shared printer by name"

Enter the http connection string. My server is called ALAN-2022, the printer share is named IPPPRINTER.

The connection string is http://alan-2022/printers/IPPPRINTER/.printer

You will be prompted for drivers so use the same one you have on the server. When both machines are domain joined, you might just get the driver from the server.

I grabbed the "HP LaserJet Flow MFP M527 PCL 6" from Windows Update.

You can also get the connection string by opening a browser and going to http://printservername/printers

In 2000 this UI was first rate. No one has touched this in 25 years.

On Windows 11, the printer should look like this.

I paused the printer on the server and sent the Test Page.

All set.

Thanks

test laptop (win10) - deleted all printers from device and left default printer queues (i.e. print to pdf).

re-added the w2k25 print server printer. http://oprt/printers/brg003/.ptinter then tried a test print and get error. event log says successful sent to print server. Print server not saying much.

here the even log info

Level Date and Time Source Event ID Task Category

Information 12/30/2024 7:59:18 AM Microsoft-Windows-PrintService 307 Printing a document Document 12, Print Document owned by adamski on \UA5756 was printed on \http://oprt\brg003 through port http://oprt/printers/brg003/.printer. Size in bytes: 239000. Pages printed: 1. No user action is required.

Information 12/30/2024 7:59:18 AM Microsoft-Windows-PrintService 805 Print job diagnostics Rendering job 12.

Information 12/30/2024 7:59:18 AM Microsoft-Windows-PrintService 842 Isolating printer drivers and other plug-ins The print job 12 was sent through the print processor MS_XPS_PROC on printer \http://oprt\brg003, driver Microsoft IPP Class Driver, in the isolation mode 0 (0 - loaded in the spooler, 1 - loaded in shared sandbox, 2 - loaded in isolated sandbox). Win32 error code returned by the print processor: 0x0.

Information 12/30/2024 7:59:17 AM Microsoft-Windows-PrintService 801 Print job diagnostics Printing job 12.

Information 12/30/2024 7:59:17 AM Microsoft-Windows-PrintService 800 Print job diagnostics Spooling job 12.

Information 12/30/2024 7:59:09 AM Microsoft-Windows-PrintService 300 Adding a printer Printer \http://oprt\brg003 was created. No user action is required.

on print server the queue just show error-printing.

the event logs has this

Level Date and Time Source Event ID Task Category

Information 12/30/2024 8:04:36 AM Microsoft-Windows-PrintService 300 Adding a printer Printer Fax (redirected 5) was created. No user action is required.

Information 12/30/2024 8:04:35 AM Microsoft-Windows-PrintService 300 Adding a printer Printer Microsoft Print to PDF (redirected 5) was created. No user action is required.

Information 12/30/2024 8:04:33 AM Microsoft-Windows-PrintService 300 Adding a printer Printer OneNote for Windows 10 (redirected 5) was created. No user action is required.

Information 12/30/2024 7:59:18 AM Microsoft-Windows-PrintService 801 Print job diagnostics Printing job 6.

Information 12/30/2024 7:59:18 AM Microsoft-Windows-PrintService 800 Print job diagnostics Spooling job 6.

I gave everyone access to print to the printer on the print server