Re: Permissions causing printing problem

anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 04/23/04


Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 10:11:45 -0700

I'm using the stock w2k drivers. Why would this effect
only one user? I know I haven't set any special perms for
printing.
>-----Original Message-----
>on the server. Since this is an LJ5, I am assuming the
driver that is
>shipped with the operating system. If it's not, no
guarantee on which
>directories it needs access to.
>
>I think the gotcha is when the Create folder, Create
Files gets changed from
>default
>
>winnt\system32\spool\Printers
>User permissions
>Transverse Folder
>Read Attributes
>Read Extended Attributes
>Create Files
>Create Folders
>
>
>winnt\system32\spool\drivers
>User Permissions
>Transverse Folder
>Read Attributes
>Read Extended Attributes
>Read Permissions
>
>
>--
>Alan Morris
>Windows Printing Team
>Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;
[ln];kbhowto
>
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>
><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>news:293201c4281f$cc7ba910$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> What should the permissions be set to? Are you talking
>> about perms on the PC or on the Server?
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >what are User permissions on
>> >
>> >winnt\system32\spool\drivers?
>> >winnt\system32\spool\printers? (or whatever the spool
>> directory is)
>> >
>> >If you change the spool drive to another disk that does
>> not have special
>> >restrictions, does the problem resolve? (Printers
>> Folder / File / Server
>> >Properties / Advanced)
>> >
>> >
>> >--
>> >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.
>> >
>> >"rkenders" <rkenders@ureach.com> wrote in message
>> >news:B2B87C92-AA1D-4AE2-A8D6-
36A0F36CFEC3@microsoft.com...
>> >> I have an hplj5 on a win2k network. The win2k server
>> shares the hplj5
>> >correctly for all PC's except one. This one PC when
users
>> log in with domain
>> >admin rights prints fine. Log out, take away admin
rights
>> and log right back
>> >in again as the same user and printing will be
>> incomplete. The print job
>> >will clear the queue, but major portions of the
document
>> will be missing. A
>> >windows 2000 print test page will only print the
windows
>> logo in the upper
>> >right corner when logged in as a domain user. Give that
>> user domain admin
>> >rights and log right back in and the win2k test page
>> prints fine. I have
>> >removed the printer from the PC and/or reloaded the
>> drivers with no change.
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>
>.
>



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