map network printer

[Guest]

Hi there,

My DC is windows 2000 server. I have two workstations which are window 2K
pro. A group of users need to print to a network printer from those two
workstations. Can I do it through group policy or logon script and how to do
it?

Thanks in advance!

Lisa

 

[rwh]

We use a program called Kixtart to do this:
from the login script have this on one line:
Start /W /B \\%server%\netlogon\kix\WKIX32.exe
\\%server%\netlogon\kix\printers.kix

Sample printers.kix file:
******************************************************************
; Script adds printers and sets the default printer
; based on which computer a student logs into.
; Applies only to student accounts
; at LAB computers.

IF @INWIN=1

$X=SUBSTR(@WKSTA,1,8)
$y=SUBSTR(@WKSTA,1,9)


;Computer Lab.
IF $X="LABAC101"
ADDPRINTERCONNECTION ("\\PServer1\P101")
ADDPRINTERCONNECTION ("\\PServer1\103B")
ADDPRINTERCONNECTION ("\\PServer1\P002")
SETDEFAULTPRINTER ("\\PServer1\P101")
**********************************************************************

This is how we map printer for various labs on campus. Above is a
sample section for just 1 lab. It sets the printers according to the
computer name the user is loggin into.

 

[Bruce Sanderson]

See if the info at http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/NetPrinterAllUsers.htm
helps.