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Cant share printer on print server

Molle, Christoph 0 Reputation points
2023-07-06T15:26:42.54+00:00

Cant share new printer on printserver (Server 2012 R2)

Event ID 315:

The print spooler failed to share printer Printername with shared resource name Printername. Error 5. The printer cannot be used by others on the network.

All other existenting printers are shared and work error free.

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  1. Molle, Christoph 0 Reputation points
    2023-07-11T08:19:27.9933333+00:00

    fixed it by removing the DENY permission for SYSTEM on C:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers

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  2. Michael Carter 0 Reputation points
    2025-02-05T16:21:15.2733333+00:00

    Same issue with 315 errors. System had all the privileges it needed. For me it's something else I can't figure out. The only solution so far is removing it from the domain, deleting it's record, then adding it back in. This only works for a while before happening again.

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