Re: Renaming NETWORK Printers

From: Bruce Sanderson (Bruce.Sanderson_at_junk.junk)
Date: 09/10/04 

Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 12:51:53 -0700

What your instructions do is to actually rename the printer on the computer
where it is a local printer.

When you open the Properties of a Network Printer, you are looking at the
properties as known on the print server (computer that has the printer as a
Local Printer).

With Windows 2000 and later, Network Printers do not get a "printer object"
on the client computers, just a reference (connection) to the printer share.

If you are an administrator on the computer that has the printer as a Local
Printer, you can adjust the properties of that printer, including its name.
This allows for simple, remote administration of printers on print servers.

If you are not an administrator on the print server computer (normally the
case in a business or corporate network), you can not change any of the
properties of the printer.

Because a Network Printer does not have a "printer object" there is nothing
to rename on the client. 

-- 
Bruce Sanderson MVP
It's perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question.
"Pavel" <Atin90@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
news:%23MiXvw2lEHA.3760@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>I have tested this and found that in fact the right click will not offer 
>'rename' but if you select properties from the same menu, you can then 
>rename it. The only problem then is that the current printer will no longer 
>be valid but that can be corrected by opening the shared printer from 'My 
>Network Places' and select 'View workgroup computers' from the Network 
>Tasks. Open the Workgroup computer found on this page that holds the shared 
>printer and look for the printer you wish to use. By simply double clicking 
>on it  will force WindowsXP to Auto discover this printer and it will now 
>have the new name you just given it a minute ago. This will only work on 
>WindowsXP system.
>
>
> Give it a try and let me know if it worked.
>
> -- 
> Pavel
>
>
> "Walt" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
> news:96e501c4972e$04efca10$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>> Is there any way to rename a NETWORK printer?
>>
>> In Printers and Faxes, I can right-click on a local
>> printer, and be offered "rename" as an option.
>>
>> However, if I right-click on a network printer, there
>> is no "rename" option.  :(
>>
>> I would really like to be able to rename, or nick name,
>> the network printers.  I just can't remember if the
>> printer with a network name like "axd86d9zz1" is the
>> color printer, or the large 11x17 b&w printer.  When I
>> try to print in an application, it would be a whole lot
>> easier if I had a selection called "color printer"
>> rather than "axd86d9zz" in the pull-down list.
>>
>> Does anyone know a way to do this????
>
>

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