I have 5 WIN2000 machines hooked up on our network with a domain. I am able to share a printer hooked up locally to LPT1 on one of the machines. I am also able to access that shared printer from each machine if I run the 'Add Printer'. Now, my dilema is that I am seeing that I would need to add this printer each time a new person logs onto these machines. In NT, I was able to add a printer from the network while logged on as administrator and then that printer was available to anyone logging on to that same machine with their own user name. This does not appear to be the same with WIN2000. I added the shared network printer to each machine while logged on as administrator, then logged on using my own userID and the printer is not there. Please tell me there's an easy fix for this.
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Shared printer in WIN 2000
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AnonGod
IS-IT--Management
- Jun 5, 2000
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hmmm...
I have seen a couple of other posts regarding this problem in the NT forum. I have never seen a printer installed by an administrator (or any user) be accessable to other users untill they set it up under their own profile.
How did you set up the printer under admin so it is accessable to all other users?
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:O> anongod@hotmail.com
"Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing."
I have seen a couple of other posts regarding this problem in the NT forum. I have never seen a printer installed by an administrator (or any user) be accessable to other users untill they set it up under their own profile.
How did you set up the printer under admin so it is accessable to all other users?
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:O> anongod@hotmail.com"Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing."
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Ok, I think I've figured this one out. You *can* set up a network printer so everyone that logs onto that machine can access it. I added the printer as a local printer and I created a port (instead of letting it default to LPT1) and input the IP address for that printer as the new port. I'm not sure if it would work the same to input the computer name and printer name as the port instead of the IP address, I haven't tried that yet. But, entering the IP address as the new printer port works great. Any user that logs on to that machine has that network printer already set up. If anyone needs step by step directions, e-mail me at Anna.Kasl@mcconnell.af.mil and I will type it up and send it to you.
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