This issue has come up at our small town library which has six computers and
they are all on a wired network. I connected a USB printer to the
librarian's computer and it works fine. I then shared it and added it to the
other librarian's computer and that works fine too. We also have four other
computers that patrons use. The patrons log in in a limited user account. We
want them to also be able to use the printer that I mentioned above while
using the patron's computers. I logged in to each of the four patron's
computers, one at a time, as administrator, and was able to add the printer.
I confirmed that I could print while logged in as administrator. However,
when logging in as a patron in the limited account, I cannot print to the
new printer. For example, in Microsoft Word, the new printer does not even
appear in the drop-down-list for the printers in the print dialog box. The
problem is the same for all four of the patron's computers. Can anyone offer
a suggestion as to what I need to do in order for the limited account to
have access to this new printer?

a printer connection is a per user setting. Each user has to make a
connection to the printer


http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/NetPrinterAllUsers.htm

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Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
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"Ken Triebold" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> This issue has come up at our small town library which has six computers
> and they are all on a wired network. I connected a USB printer to the
> librarian's computer and it works fine. I then shared it and added it to
> the other librarian's computer and that works fine too. We also have four
> other computers that patrons use. The patrons log in in a limited user
> account. We want them to also be able to use the printer that I mentioned
> above while using the patron's computers. I logged in to each of the four
> patron's computers, one at a time, as administrator, and was able to add
> the printer. I confirmed that I could print while logged in as
> administrator. However, when logging in as a patron in the limited
> account, I cannot print to the new printer. For example, in Microsoft
> Word, the new printer does not even appear in the drop-down-list for the
> printers in the print dialog box. The problem is the same for all four of
> the patron's computers. Can anyone offer a suggestion as to what I need to
> do in order for the limited account to have access to this new printer?

Thanks for the reply. It makes sense to me. I will try it out next time I go
to the library.

"Alan Morris [MSFT]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>a printer connection is a per user setting. Each user has to make a
>connection to the printer
>
>
> http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/NetPrinterAllUsers.htm
>
> --
> Alan Morris
> Windows Printing Team
> Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
> http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
>
> "Ken Triebold" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%23B%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> This issue has come up at our small town library which has six computers
>> and they are all on a wired network. I connected a USB printer to the
>> librarian's computer and it works fine. I then shared it and added it to
>> the other librarian's computer and that works fine too. We also have four
>> other computers that patrons use. The patrons log in in a limited user
>> account. We want them to also be able to use the printer that I mentioned
>> above while using the patron's computers. I logged in to each of the four
>> patron's computers, one at a time, as administrator, and was able to add
>> the printer. I confirmed that I could print while logged in as
>> administrator. However, when logging in as a patron in the limited
>> account, I cannot print to the new printer. For example, in Microsoft
>> Word, the new printer does not even appear in the drop-down-list for the
>> printers in the print dialog box. The problem is the same for all four of
>> the patron's computers. Can anyone offer a suggestion as to what I need
>> to do in order for the limited account to have access to this new
>> printer?
>
>