Re: Question about Printers in AD

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To expand on what Marcin said:

1. usually, the printer on the print server is configured so that "users" do not have the "Manage Printers" permission on the printers. This means that they can not change the Printer Driver that is defined for the printer.

2. When different drivers are required for some reason, create two printers on the print server, one for each driver, share them both and instruct the user to select the appropriate one based on need.

3. an alternative, which might be viable for small environments or a small number of users with very special requirements, is to add the printer locally on the workstation and re-direct it to the printer shared from the print server. See the numbered steps at http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/NetPrinterNoPP.htm.

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"Eric" <ericstauss@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:ac52a8e7-dc1e-4888-aca6-c0c6a3df3030@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
After a printer is installed and published in Active Directory, is
there a way to let an end user change the driver?

If I were to install 2 drivers for the same printer is there a way we
could set it up so the user could choose what driver they wanted to
use?

Thanks

Eric

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