Re: Printers local to TS not visible to non-admin users

Hi Gregg,

A local printer will be visible/usable automatically if the user/group has at least the Print permission.

You can tell if a printer is local versus network by looking at the icon. Local printers have an icon of a printer (or printer with a hand under it if shared) whereas a network printer has an icon of a printer connected to a 10Base2 network cable below it.

A network printer that uses a TCP/IP port may appear the same as a local printer that uses a TCP/IP port, so this is not a reliable means to determine local vs. network.

-TP

Gregg Hill wrote:
Patrick,

Regarding TCP/IP printers, I thought that was how it worked, i.e., if
they are installed with a local TCP/IP port on the TS, then they will
get mapped. I checked two TS servers (my client's 2000 TS and a
friend's client's TS 2003) and the only time I see the network
printers is if I log in as the Domain Administrator.

At first I thought it was the GPO blocking the printers, but I added a
user's account to the security on my client's 2000 TS and denied
Apply Group Policy for her account, then logged off and back on as
that user. I no longer had a locked down desktop, so I know the GPO
is no longer applied, but I still had no printers other than what is
on my local station. No network printers show up.

To check further, I added her account to the Domain Administrators
group and took her out of Domain Users. I still have only printers
that are local to my workstation being mapped. None of the printers
that the TS is connected to via TCP/IP ports is visible.

I cannot say for certain, but I swear this used to work. I have made
no changes to either system except for Windows Update patches.

I am going to do some more reading of the link you gave to me
(tomorrow morning after I get some sleep).

Thank you for the help...and patience!

Gregg Hill





"Patrick Rouse" <PatrickRouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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Any attributes of the default user profile affect newly created
profiles. As
for TCPIP Printers, any local port printer, whether TCPIP, LPT or USB
appears
for all users, i.e. if you add a new printer -> Local printer
atached to this
computer -> create new port -> standard TCP/P Port -> IP Address of
printer's
NIC -> Name the local printer.

Network printers added via UNC or point and print only appear and
exist in each individual user profile.


--
Patrick Rouse
Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
http://www.sessioncomputing.com


"Gregg Hill" wrote:

Patrick,

Thank you for the quick response.

How would I update the Default User profile so that all new remote
users get
the TS network printers installed? I am not sure what you mean by,
"you set
up the printers using local TCPIP Ports." On the TS itself, those
printers
are installed with local TCP/IP ports. Is that what you meant?

One printer is a Canon iR7200 on a "Standard TCP/IP Port" and the
other one
is an HP LJ 4050 on a "PrintServer Port."

Gregg Hill



"Patrick Rouse" <PatrickRouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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Network printers are specific to the user profile, so if they were
created
in
the administrator's profile, they would not appear in other's
profile unless
you used this profile to update the Default User Profile, or you
setup the
printers using local TCPIP Ports.

You can connect the network printers using logon script:

http://www.sessioncomputing.com/printing.htm


--
Patrick Rouse
Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
http://www.sessioncomputing.com


"Gregg Hill" wrote:

Hello!

I have a 2003 TS. When I log in as the administrator, I can see
the printers
that are attached to the TS (Canon and HP network printers), as
well as
my
own HP LJ 1200 (via mapping to an HP 2000).

When a non-admin user logs into the TS, he only sees the Microsoft
Office
Document Image printer and an Amyuni PDF printer, but not the two
networked
printers.

I used a GPO to lock down the TS per the 2003 TS lockdown white
paper, but I
do not remember any setting for printers that are local to the TS
to prevent
them from being seen from remote sessions.

Is this normal behavior? If so, how can I make the two network
printer on
the TS LAN accessible to users who log into the TS remotely?

Thank you for your time!

Gregg Hill
.

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