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I am assuming the host is Hyper-V?
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Had to open a critical down case with Microsoft, and they fixed the issue
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Had to open a critical down case with Microsoft, and they fixed the issue

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I have setup a Virtual 2012 server in a new domain. &nbsp;Everything is working except for printing. &nbsp;When I setup a printer, it communicates with the printer, and knows what kind of printer it is based on me putting an IP address in. &nbsp;But when I print a test page, it says it printers, but nothing comes out. &nbsp;I have added the Print server roll and removed it same results. &nbsp;Now on the host server, I can setup the printer and it works just fine. &nbsp;Just the Virtual DC is having the problem. &nbsp;The host server is also a 2012 server.<br />
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Any suggestions would be great. &nbsp;I have tried everything, and this is going to mess up this upgrade if I can’t fix it.
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I have setup a Virtual 2012 server in a new domain.  Everything is working except for printing.  When I setup a printer, it communicates with the printer, and knows what kind of printer it is based on me putting an IP address in.  But when I print a test page, it says it printers, but nothing comes out.  I have added the Print server roll and removed it same results.  Now on the host server, I can setup the printer and it works just fine.  Just the Virtual DC is having the problem.  The host server is also a 2012 server.

Any suggestions would be great.  I have tried everything, and this is going to mess up this upgrade if I can’t fix it.

Virtual 2012 Windows server DC can’t communicate with printers

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