printer for all user profile

[chaoma]

Hi,

I am an new administrator for NT workstations, but not a LAN administrator. Users do not have permission to setup printer or go to network neighborhood. When I log on as an administrator, on a workstations, I can setup a default printer for that workstation, but user cannot use this printer. It keep printing to the old printer which no longer exist. How do I set up a default printer, so that any user who log on to that workstation will print to the same printer.

Thanks for all your help.

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chao ma

[SMS Avenger]

you can't setup allusers printers if it is a network printer. Your best bet is to get the lan admin to put something in the logonscript so whenever someone logs on to those computers, the network printer is automatically added. (there are lots of little exe's that can add printers from the command line) but then you will need rights to add a printer

[Kiddtek]

It could be a profile problem. See if you can delete the users profile and then have them login and check if the new printer is now available.

[chaoma]

Thank you for your response.

I know that if I delete all users and printer and re-install printer from the lan again then copy my administrator profile to all user profile, they will all have the same printer. But, everyone that log on will have an administrative right along with the printer. But, I only want to give them the printer.

Is there a logon script for a local NT workstation? I know, for windows 98 autoexec.bat is the log on batch file.

Thanks again for all your help.

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chao ma

[chaoma]

Yes, I have right to add printer.

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chao ma

[Dwharf]

You can add Network printers using a registry file that can either be called from the login script, or put into the startup directory of the machine.

The reg file will look as follows:

REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Printers]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Printers\Connections]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Printers\Connections\,,PRINTSERVER,PRINTERNAME]
"Server"="\\\\PRINTSERVER"
"Provider"="win32spl.dll"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Devices]
"\\\\PRINTSERVER\\PRINTERNAME"="winspool,Ne00:"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows]
"Device"="\\\\PRINTSERVER\\PRINTERNAME,winspool,Ne00:"