Windows & Printers

Hi all,

I have a standalone XP box with a printer physically attached. I
installed drivers as an Administrator, and the machine is used day to
day by restricted users who're unable to change the printer settings.
This I understand and it works.

However, on my small network, I have a network printer at IP
192.168.0.220, it's a Konica.

I log on to a machine on the network and set this up as a printer (Note,
it's not physically attached this time, it's accessed over the network).
The printer works fine and displays in Control Panel fine as long as
I'm an Administrator. However, when I change to a restricted user, the
printer disappears. Why is this?

I thought it could've been a one-off problem with the XP box, but I've
tried one other XP machine and two Windows 2K machines and they act the
same. Why does a physically attached printer act differently to a
networked printer, and how can I get the network printer to appear to
restricted users?

Hope all that makes sense to someone!

Cheers in advance

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>I log on to a machine on the network and set this up as a printer (Note,
>it's not physically attached this time, it's accessed over the network).
> The printer works fine and displays in Control Panel fine as long as
>I'm an Administrator. However, when I change to a restricted user, the
>printer disappears. Why is this?

Which network printers are available is a per-user setting. If you install a
network printer as User A, it needs to be installed again for User B.

>I thought it could've been a one-off problem with the XP box, but I've
>tried one other XP machine and two Windows 2K machines and they act the
>same. Why does a physically attached printer act differently to a
>networked printer, and how can I get the network printer to appear to
>restricted users?

What you can do, is install the network printer as a local printer. Don't
physically attach it to the PC, but instead go to Add New Printer (as
Administrator), Choose Local Printer but untick the Automatic box. Then
choose "Create a Port" and choose Local Port. For the Port Name, type
"\\printersharedname\queuename" to match your printer. You might be able to
get away with "\\192.168.0.220\binary_p1" if you have a static IP and the
printer emulates HP print queues (many printers do - don't know about yours).
Point the wizard at the drivers when requested, and that's it - the printer
should be available to everyone who logs in to that machine.

deKay
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deKay wrote:

>
> What you can do, is install the network printer as a local printer. Don't
> physically attach it to the PC, but instead go to Add New Printer (as
> Administrator), Choose Local Printer but untick the Automatic box. Then
> choose "Create a Port" and choose Local Port. For the Port Name, type
> "\\printersharedname\queuename" to match your printer. You might be able to
> get away with "\\192.168.0.220\binary_p1" if you have a static IP and the
> printer emulates HP print queues (many printers do - don't know about yours).
> Point the wizard at the drivers when requested, and that's it - the printer
> should be available to everyone who logs in to that machine.

Thanks for that deKay, I'll give it a go