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Gaspar
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      10-17-2008, 12:55 PM
I'm logging in a client computer as an administrator and adding a remote
printer (shared in another computer), but when a different user logs in, the
shared printer doesn't appear in Control Panel.

What am I missing? Is this the excepted behaviour? What should I do to the
let all users that log in the computer use the shared printer (and not
having the configurate each one)?

By the way, I'm working in a Windows 2003 Server domain.

Thanks!


 
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Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)
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      10-17-2008, 01:44 PM
You may have many options. You may add the printer to the default user or
use script. This search result may help.

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How to setup a network printer for all users on NT/w2k/xp? How to delete a
printing job that won't go away How to install a network printer on
NT/W2K/XP for ...
www.chicagotech.net/print.htm

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"Gaspar" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I'm logging in a client computer as an administrator and adding a remote
> printer (shared in another computer), but when a different user logs in,
> the shared printer doesn't appear in Control Panel.
>
> What am I missing? Is this the excepted behaviour? What should I do to the
> let all users that log in the computer use the shared printer (and not
> having the configurate each one)?
>
> By the way, I'm working in a Windows 2003 Server domain.
>
> Thanks!
>


 
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Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]
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      10-17-2008, 04:46 PM
Gaspar <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I'm logging in a client computer as an administrator and adding a
> remote printer (shared in another computer), but when a different
> user logs in, the shared printer doesn't appear in Control Panel.
>
> What am I missing? Is this the excepted behaviour? What should I do
> to the let all users that log in the computer use the shared printer (and
> not having the configurate each one)?
>
> By the way, I'm working in a Windows 2003 Server domain.
>
> Thanks!


Network printers are always set per user, not per machine. If you have R2,
this is a little easier to manage, but it's entirely possible to deploy them
via group policy or login script without that.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../cc722179.aspx
http://www.computerperformance.co.uk...r_computer.htm

These are just a couple - google will yield many hits. Search for something
like:
deploy network printer group policy


 
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Anteaus
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      10-17-2008, 10:05 PM

"Gaspar" wrote:

> I'm logging in a client computer as an administrator and adding a remote
> printer (shared in another computer), but when a different user logs in, the
> shared printer doesn't appear in Control Panel.
>


Setup the printer as using LPT1, and then change the port to the network
resource. This way it is not user-dependent.

Or, use TCP/IP (LPR) printing, which avoids all the problems of SMB-based
printer sharing.


 
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