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I am unable to connetc to the printers on one of my Windows server 2008 machines via IP address. I can connect if I browse to the sever via name e.g. \\server-name but if I try to browse to the server via either IP address \\10.2.9.61 or \\10.2.9.60 as it has 2 x interfaces i get the following error:<br />
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&quot;Windows cannot connect to the printer. Either the printer name was typed incorrectly, or the specified printer has lost its connection to the server. For more information, click Help.&quot;<br />
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I have also uploaded a screne shot of the error.<br />
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I am unable to connetc to the printers on one of my Windows server 2008 machines via IP address. I can connect if I browse to the sever via name e.g. \\server-name but if I try to browse to the server via either IP address \\10.2.9.61 or \\10.2.9.60 as it has 2 x interfaces i get the following error:

"Windows cannot connect to the printer. Either the printer name was typed incorrectly, or the specified printer has lost its connection to the server. For more information, click Help."

I have also uploaded a screne shot of the error.

Can't connect to printer on Server 2008 via IP address but cna via Computer Name

A printer is a peripheral which makes a persistent human readable representation of graphics or text on paper or similar physical media. Traditional printers are being used more for special purposes, like printing photographs or artwork, and are no longer a must-have peripheral; 3D printing has become an area of intense interest, allowing the creation of physical objects. An image scanner is a device that optically scans images, printed text, handwriting, or an object, and converts it to a digital image. Hand-held scanners, where the device is moved by hand, have evolved from text scanning "wands" to 3D scanners used for industrial design, reverse engineering, test and measurement, orthotics, gaming and other applications.

Printers and Scanners

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.