Error: HP Universal Printing | Invalid Address when using the Hewlett-Packard Universal Printer Drivers with Microsoft Application Virtualization

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10/13/2011

Here’s one more new KB article we published this morning. This one talks about how to allow App-V clients to print to HP UPD printers:

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Symptoms

When using the Hewlett-Packard Universal Printer Drivers (HP UPD) with the Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) client and trying to configure a printer through the Enter a Printer Address... dialog box, you receive the following error:

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Error: HP Universal Printing
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Invalid Address.

Verify and re-enter the address, or use a different address.
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OK
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Cause

This behavior is by design. By default, App-V does not allow access to global objects such as semiphores and mutexes from within App-V. These objects must be explicitly excluded.

Resolution

To allow App-V clients to print to HP UPD printers use the following steps:

Upgrade the client to App-V 4.6 SP1 or greater. This is required as it includes several necessary fixes.
Open Regedit and navigate to the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SoftGrid\4.5\SystemGuard\ObjExclusions

On 64-bit machines, this will be located at:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\SoftGrid\4.5\SystemGuard\ObjExclusions
Note the highest numbered REG_SZ value in the list of ObjExclusions. In this example, we will assume that the highest number is 93. Increment this number by 1 and add the a new REG_SZ value with this name (i.e. REG_SZ, name: 94). Double-click on the value and enter the value data Global\* .
Repeat this process by again incrementing the number and adding value data *HPZ*

For example, add values 94 and 95 where the highest ObjExclusions value is 93:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SoftGrid\4.5\SystemGuard\ObjExclusions]
"0"="SFT-"

"1"="SWPLAY"

<SNIP>

"93"="FntCache*"

94"="Global\\* "
"95"="*HPZ* "

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Note that this solution assumes that the printer is otherwise accessible and that other, identical clients are able to connect to the printer.

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For the most current version of this article please see the following:

2626751: Error: HP Universal Printing | Invalid Address when using the Hewlett-Packard Universal Printer Drivers with Microsoft Application Virtualization

J.C. Hornbeck | System Center Knowledge Engineer

Error: HP Universal Printing | Invalid Address when using the Hewlett-Packard Universal Printer Drivers with Microsoft Application Virtualization

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