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  1. August 7th, 2003, 02:48 PM #1
    TwoMoon
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    rename printer? NOT!

    Why can't I rename a printer? It's current name is the network path. Rename isn't an option on right click. User has administrator rights.

    WinXP Professional

    Thanks in advance.
    Last edited by TwoMoon; August 7th, 2003 at 02:53 PM.
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    Just so I can get this straight....The printer in question is a network printer you are accessing over the network from a print server?

    If that is the case then I do not know of anyway in Win2K or WinXP to change the printer name on the client side...The only way I know of is to change the Netwrok printer share name on the Server side (That I know o...I have tried before).
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  3. August 7th, 2003, 04:00 PM #3
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    Yep, it's a network printer accessed across the network. In Win98, you can rename the printer on your pc to a recognizable name. You're not actually renaming the PRINTER, but more just the name of it listed under Start/Settings/Printers. In WinXP, you can't although WinXP HELP says that you can if you have print manage permissions. Where are these permissions located? If I go to the "User Setup", I don't see any printer permissions and they're not located under Printers.
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  4. August 7th, 2003, 05:15 PM #4
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    I just now did it with XP Pro. Start/Settings/Printers and I right clicked on the network printer down the hall and renamed it for "my station"....
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  6. August 7th, 2003, 08:49 PM #5
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    Then why oh why can't I?

    Sorry....had a Wizard of Oz flashback.

    Seriously though...anyone know why I can't?
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