Re: Restricting Printing to Specific Workstations?

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From: Ken B (none_at_microsoft.com)
Date: 10/28/04 

Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 11:43:45 -0400

You need to keep in mind that the user is doing the printing, not the
machine. You would more likely want to restrict it (or enable) by user
(upper management, sales, etc.). If in your situation, I would create a
domain security group and add those users I want to be able to print to the
printer. Edit the security ACL on the printer (from the print server),
remove Everyone, and add in the "Printing Security Group" to Allow Print. I
would leave CREATOR OWNER checked with Manage Documents (this way user1
doesn't delete user2's documents from printing). Leave administrators,
print operators and server operators (were those there by default on mine?)
with their default permissions.

Good luck on securing your color printer... always fun to watch the users
try to print, and buzzzzzzzzzzzz nope! can't! Sorry Charlie!

Ken

"Jolly Roger" <jolly@roger.com> wrote in message
news:ZJ7gd.4537$UC4.1991437@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net...
> Dear Colleagues:
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>
>
> I have a Windows 2000 Active Directory enabled domain. We have a color
> laser printer in one of our offices that is shared by default for everyone
> in the domain. Although it is not listed in active directory, some
> enterprising users have discovered that if they simply backslash into the
> print server, they can install the printer.
>
>
>
> My goal here is to be able to restrict this shared resource so that only
> certain computers can print to it. I have tried to do this by removing
> the
> "everyone" group and adding specific machine names, however, the results
> are
> the same. If the machine is added or not, removing the everyone group
> affects this.
>
>
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> Next I am going to try to have everyone added, but also add the machine
> names to see if this has the desired effect. Once again, my goal is that
> only certain workstations can print to this device.
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>
>
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated,
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Roger
>
>

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