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Posted by Malke on April 19, 2006, 11:25 am
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>> How is this printer shared?
>> Connected directly to the network?
>> Connected directly to a computer system?
>
> The PC is running Windows 2000 Professional, and the printer is
> directly
> connected to it. It is shared as "printer". I would like any other
> computer to be able to print to it regardless of the other computers
> username/password.
>
>>Also, is the PC within a domain ?
>
> The PC is part of a workgroup.
>
>>and when you say without
>>having to put everyone into "its" userlist do you mean "it" as
>>the PC ? or as the printer ?
>
> I mean the PC. I could put each persons username/password into the
> PC's local users and then it would accept print jobs from these
> people, but I would prefer to simply modify the PC so it doesn't care
> who is trying to print to it.
>
>>Finally, do you mean everyone that might ever be at the location
>>or everyone that is normally there (an so have accounts) ?
>
> Ever be.
Make a Printers user group (if there isn't one already - my Win2k box is
not on right now) and add the users to that group. Then set your
permissions on the printer accordingly. Obviously the users will need
to have accounts on your pseudo-server for authentication. Since you
are using a workgroup, you probably don't have that many users anyway.
If you don't want to make user accounts for individuals on the Win2k box
(perhaps the individuals come and go for ex.), then make a generic user
account on both the "workstations" and the pseudo-server. An example
for a school would be users called "Student" or "Teacher".
If you describe your setup and what you are trying to accomplish in more
detail, you will be able to get more focused help.
Malke
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