Hi all,I have recently done a deployment of approx 20 Windows 7 Pro 32-Bit machines. We have a server running SBS 2008 and everything was running fine on 2 UAT machines before deployment. There are 2 printers, both Kyoceras - a KX-5035 and a Taskalpha 400ci. The latest universal printing drivers have been used. When the 20 machines were rolled out, the printing (which was direct to the printer) started to bog down and hang the machines until the print job was complete. This could take up to 20 minutes to render the job. A print servere was put in place running XP pro. This solved the speed issues but would fall offline all the time and needed to reboot. Yesterday, the XP box was replaced by server 2003 to run as a print server. The print jobs are quicker but still not instant and holds up the PC for about a minute or 2 each time something is printed. Ideally I was the print server gone and return to the direct print method but have no idea why the print jobs are killing the machines in this configuration. If anyone else has struck this and can provide a solution I would appreciate it. The exact same print configuration when running XP worked without an issue.Thanks in advance

Did you download the driver from the following website? KYOCERA MITA ServiceWorld Download Center - laserprinter, printer, copier, multifunctionals Important 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. After downloading, you may include this driver in the Print Management in Windows Server 2003. Then deploy the printer. Deploy printers by using Group Policy You can also manually install the driver on al Windows 7 clients and follow the steps below to add the shared printer. 1. Click Start, click Control Panel and double click Devices and Printers.2. Click Add a Printer. 3. Select "Add a local printer". 4. Select "Create a new port". Choose "Local Port" as the type of the port. 5. In the box "Enter a port name", type the address as the following format. \\[IP address of the host computer]\[The Share Name of the printer] Then click Next. 6. Choose the correct driver in the driver list. If no available driver, click the button Windows Update, wait for the process finishes and then look for the driver again.7. Finish the installation. If the printers cannot be installed, or it does not work after installing, please let us know the model of the printer.Arthur Xie - MSFT

We are not able to find our Kyocera Taskalpha 400ci through "add printer," with any of our new office PCs running Windows 7 64bit. The company that sold it to us is coming out on a service call to fix it, so I will be sure to post the solution if they find one. We didn't have trouble with Vista or even Apple's latest system, so we may have to drop back and use an older machine as the print server.