Get_printer_attrs: resource name '/' no good!

I'm trying to share a printer queue via LPR, but when a client tries to send a job to the printer I get the error log message "getprinterattrs: resource name '/' no good!"
Now, this queue is set as the default in Server Admin, so, as described in the Print Services instruction manual, I had the client leave the "Queue" field blank, and just put the server's IP address in the "Location" field while setting up for IPP.
Why is "resource name /" no good, if I'm specifically told that when no queue name is specified it will use the default? And no, nothing's wrong with the printer; I had this same error with another client, deleted the printer from its preferences, re-added it and it worked. So what's going on?

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Old visa open, error code 1073807343, using VISA with a GPIB device, and VISA resource names

Hi everyone,
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I followed the directions on this page, and I'm pretty confident I can communicate with my LCR meter, because I can go to NI MAX->GPIB0::17::INSTR under "devices and interfaces", then go to the VISA test panel, go to the I/O tab, and I can enter a few commands from the SR720 manual, like changing the frequency, and I see the light on the LCR meter change to what I just told it to do. Here is a picture, just to illustrate it:
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StanfordResearchSystems,SR720,08087,1.03\n
So, that's good too. I also made the alias of this device "MyLCRmeter", but that shouldn't matter for now.
Now I'm trying to get it to work in a more usable way. The SR7xx drivers that LabView found for me came with a couple sample programs, one called "Getting Started.vi". I tried to just simply see if it worked, changing the "instrument descriptor" field to "GPIB0::17::INSTR", since that's the one that seemed to be the right device in MAX. Here is a picture of the front panel of "Getting Started.vi":
Trying to run it like this gave me this error (code -1073807343):
Old VISA Open in SR715/720 Initialize.vi->SR715/720 Getting Started.vi
Doing a bit of searching on these forums, I found these few threads (1 2 3), which seem to tell me that, since this program was written, the way you open VISA has changed. In the 2nd of those links, one guy said:
You just have to replace the Old VISA Open function with the VISA Open that is on the Instrument I/O>VISA>VISA Advanced palette. When you do that, the wire to the string that was used for the resource name will be broken. Delete the string and make the actual VISA Resource Name visible on the front panel. Wire the VISA Resource Name control to the connector pane where the string control was (upper left connection).
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and here it is after replacing that with the regular VISA Open, deleting the instrument descriptor string and replacing it with a VISA resource, and connecting that to the VISA Open:
However, as you can see in the image above, and it seems like someone else had this problem in the 2nd thread linked above, I don't see my device listed in the drop-down menu (even if I refresh), only "LPT1" (I don't even know what that is):
No, I wasnt able to select the visa resource from the pull down menu. somehow it seems disabled or something.
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VISA Open in SR715/720 Initialize2.vi->SR715/720 Getting Started.vi
So I'm not sure where to go from there, or why it's not in the drop down menu to begin with. I'm sorry if I've missed something but I've searched about as far as I can go. If I had to guess, maybe one thing could be that in MAX, under Tools->NI-VISA->VISA Options->My System->Conflict manager, I have both Agilent VISA and NI VISA enabled; I know sometimes problems arise from conflicts between different software fighting over the same hardware. Is this okay, or do I need to change it?
Thank you and please let me know if there is any other code/screenshots I could provide that could help!

Hi, I did indeed enable NiVisaTulip.dll under MAX->Tools->NI-VISA->VISA Options->My system->Passports->List of passports. Sorry, I should have mentioned that explicitly.
By install as primary, do you just mean as it is here, where it is selected as the "Preferred VISA"?
Or somewhere else? I installed NI-VISA first I believe, and then the Agilent one, and during the installation of the Agilent one, I'm pretty sure I made it not the primary. Here's what I have in the Agilent (it's called Keysight now) Connection Expert software:
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My main application still isn't working, but now the small test ones are.
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I am trying to use a USB to RS232 device. I can see COM4 it in my devise manager but nothing in VISA resource name on VISA resource name, even when I hit refresh.
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If you can see the device in Windows Device Manger, that is a good sign. The next step is to recognize the device in Measurement & Automation Explorer, then ultimately LabVIEW. The following two knowledge base articles should point you in the right direction:
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Using Visa "resource name" control with GPIB example

good morning
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MAX sets up serial port aliases automatically when possible. Let me try to explain.
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I guess I don't understand your problem. All you have to do is ready the key containing the desired resource name and wire the resulting value to the appropriate terminal on the open VI. That's as hard as it gets...
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the suggestion of Instrument Driver is to make more easy using the instrument.
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