Re: shared printing
From: John Kruiniger (jkjk_at_free.net.nz)
Date: 03/15/04
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Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 11:06:15 +1300
I'm not sure I understand this.
If [as administrator] on my W2K server I go Start -> Settings -> Printers ->
Add printer, and proceed to go through the steps, choose network printer
as opposed to local, and then browse my network until I find the client
with the printer attched to its LPT1: port, and select it and finish, the
printer gets installed, and is available to anyone who logs in [most of
mine log through Terminal Services but I don't think that's relevant here].
In fact I have to take steps under the Security tab to prevent access from
users whom I don't want to print on it.
You seem to be saying if I do what I just said above the printer wouldn't be
available to everyone else - well it is!!??
John Kruiniger.
"Alan Morris(MSFT)" <alanmo@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> This information containing in the solution to this configuration is
> available in the Printing , Imaging, Fax and All-in-One FAQ posted every 2
> to 4 weeks by Brian Boston
>
> 4) How do I add a network printer for all users on a computer?
>
> 1. When a user, even an administrator, adds a network printer using the
Add
> Printer wizard, the printer is only added for that particular user. If
> another user logs on at that computer, the network printer is not
available
> for them until they add it.
>
> 2. A network printer is much like a mapped network drive in the sense that
> it is just a reference (pointer) to a printer share on another computer.
> These kinds of things are specific to the user that creates (adds) them.
>
> There is NO option in the Add Printer wizard to add a network printer for
> all users of a computer, but the capability to do so does exists in
Windows
> NT, 2000 and XP.
>
> 3. Here are the steps to add a printer for all users on a computer. Note
> that this process adds a printer permanently, just as does the Add Printer
> wizard. There is not much point in placing these commands in logon or
> startup script because that will result in multiple instances of the
printer
> on each computer, one for each time a user logs on or the computer is
> restarted. However, these commands can be used in command files (.cmd
files)
> or scripts, which makes it relatively simple and quick to add multiple
> printers to one computer, the same printer to multiple computers, or a
> mixture of both.
>
> a. logon at the computer with an administrative user account
> b. open a Command Prompt window
> c. type the command:
>
> rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /ga /n\\UNC-path-to-the-printer
> For example, if the printer's name is p1 and it is defined on the computer
> C1 (i.e the Print Server is called C1), type exactly:
> rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /ga /n\\C1\P1
>
> If you want to, you can add a printer remotely -- that is, on another
> computer
> -- by including the /c parameter. For example, if you want to add the
> printer \\C1\P1 to the computer called CC while logged on at another
> computer, use this command:
> rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /ga /c\\CC /n\\C1\P1
>
> The printer added this way won't be useable (e.g. won't show up in the
list
> of available printers) until the Print Spooler service is restarted or a
> user logs on. You can restart the Print Spooler by typing these commands
in
> the Command Prompt window:
> net stop spooler
> net start spooler
>
> You can restart the print spooler on another computer by using these
> commands:
>
> Sc \\CC stop spooler
> Sc \\CC start spooler
>
> You can also use the Computer Management console to restart the print
> spooler on the other computer:
>
> a. Click Start, Administrative Tools, Computer Management
> b. In the left pane, right click on the root of the tree (Computer
> Management (Local)) and select Connect to another computer
> c. Type the name of the computer (e.g. for the above example this would be
> CC) and click OK
> d. In the left pane, click the + sign beside Services and Applications
> e. Click Services
> f. In the right pane, right click on Print Spooler and select Restart
>
> Another alternative is force the other computer to restart using the
> command:
> Shutdown -r -m \\computername
> e.g.
> shutdown -r -m \\cc
>
> 4. Additional information is available at:
>
> http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/NetPrinterAllUsers.htm
>
> --
> Alan Morris
> Windows Printing Team
> Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
>
> "Bill Peele [MS]" <bpeele@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2lq$2SUBEHA.612@cpmsftngxa06.phx.gbl...
> > --------------------
> > From: "charles" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
> > Subject: shared printing
> > Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 06:35:05 -0800
> > Newsgroups: microsoft.public.win2000.printing
> >
> > How can I set a default network printer in w2k that will
> > be used under all user profiles, without having each user
> > logon and add network printer under their profile?
> >
> > Thanks
> > ---
> >
> > Charles,
> >
> > This is a response I gave to another users on the 5th.
> >
> > The first thing we need to keep in mind is that a Network printer is a
per
> user printer and a Local printer is a per machine
> > printer. If we select Network printer in the Add Printer wizard then it
> will be added to the user's profile and they are the only
> > one that will see it.
> >
> > We can work around this by telling the Add Printer wizard we want to add
a
> Local printer, when we reach the screen that
> > asks us to select the port tell it we want to create a new Local Port
and
> when it asks us to name the port name it the UNC
> > (\\server name\print share name). This will cause the print queue to be
> installed as a Local printer, making it a per machine
> > printer, but since the port name is a UNC the network redirector will
> redirect the print jobs to the printer share on the network.
> >
> > I hope this helps.
> >
> > Bill Peele
> > Microsoft Enterprise Support
> >
> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights. Use of included script samples are subject to the
> > terms specified at http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm
> >
> > Note: For the benefit of the community-at-large, all responses to this
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> > from which they originated.
>
>
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