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You cannot use the same IP address as existing printer as your Virtual PC will prompt you an error msg when you start it. There must be NO identical IP address in a single subnet.
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You cannot use the same IP address as existing printer as your Virtual PC will prompt you an error msg when you start it. There must be NO identical IP address in a single subnet.

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Of course - no doubts about that. I'm talking about &quot;backup&quot; scenario (or even &quot;improvement&quot;), so the real &quot;physical&quot; printer will be off and the virtual one should take (replace) his IP doing all print jobs and transform them in PDF files.
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Of course - no doubts about that. I'm talking about "backup" scenario (or even "improvement"), so the real "physical" printer will be off and the virtual one should take (replace) his IP doing all print jobs and transform them in PDF files.

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Have a lot of PCs and applications that points to one &quot;classic&quot; physical HP network printer.<br />
Need a backup scenario.<br />
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Idea is to build virtual PC with the same IP address as existing printer. Than this PC should work as a virtual HP printer and instead of printing, transform all print jobs to PDF file with automatic names.<br />
Virtual printer should be &quot;transparent&quot;: client PCs and applications should continue to work without any changes.<br />
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How can I do it and which software I can use?
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Have a lot of PCs and applications that points to one "classic" physical HP network printer.
Need a backup scenario.

Idea is to build virtual PC with the same IP address as existing printer. Than this PC should work as a virtual HP printer and instead of printing, transform all print jobs to PDF file with automatic names.
Virtual printer should be "transparent": client PCs and applications should continue to work without any changes.

How can I do it and which software I can use?

Virtual network IP printer PDF

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