I have a print server hosting some HP printers (IP). The printers have ACL's on them. THey are locked down to their own subnet and to the IP of the print server. When I run reports from the printer (WebJetAdmin), the print server is listed as the clients IP address, not the server.From my understanding, the print jobs should go from the client, then to the server. The server processes the jobs and sends them to the printer.During the print process, does the client ever talk directly to the printer? If so, how do I get the server to talk exclusively to the printer?

Hi, Thanks for the post. Please understand that the client wont directly talk to the printer if it is not locally attached to this machine. As for why the print server is listed as the clients IP address in reports from WebJetAdmin, I suggest contacting HP Support to obtain specific assistance as it is a WebJetAdmin related issue. http://h20338.www2.hp.com/Hpsub/cache/336515-0-0-225-121.html Please Note: Microsoft provides third-party contact information to help you find technical support. This contact information may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this third-party contact information. In this case, I have included the standard printing workflow below: 1. A user at a client chooses to print a document (GDI and Printer driver render the job)Data Types: RAW, EMF, TEXT 2. The Client Spooler (Winspool.drv) and Client Remote Print Provider (Win23spl.dll) delivers the print job to the print server (Spoolsv.exe) 3. The Print Router (Spoolss.dll) or print server service (Srv.sys) receives the print job 4. The print router or print server service passes the print job to the Local Print Provider (Localspl.dll), which spools (with GDI and printer driver) the print job (writes it to disk) in SPL and SHD files 5. The local print provider polls the Print Processor (Winprint.dll) to alter the job according to its data type 6. The job is de-spooled to the Print Monitor (including language monitor and port monitor) 7. The print device prints out the physical medium To help you better understand the printing process, I also include a picture below. Hope this helps.