Network printer: "Access denied. Unable to connect"

[Guest]

In two w2k, router and a printer networked like:
Printer-W2K1-router-W2K2
printer is shared on w2k1 and installed as network printer on w2k2

Right after the successful installation on w2k2 the printer shows up on the
printer list, and right-click-Propeties shows its properties

However an attempt to print a document cause no reaction except
the printer statuse change from Ready to "Access denied. Unable to connect"
and a Warning in the Event Viewer:
The redirector was unable to initialize security context or query context
attributes.


After that the priner properties became anaccessable:
Printer properties cannot be displayed. Operation could not be comleted.

What should I do?


Ho

 

[Rob Elder, MVP-Networking]

Try printing while logged on with a user account that exists on the other
PC.

 

[Guest]

Do you mean that on w2k2 I need to use the same login and pw as I have on
w2k1?
If so, on w2k1 I have only the administrator account

Also, if it is relevant, my network setup does not ask to login into the
network. It only asks to login into Windows.

 

[Guest]

Also my current set up allows to acces files on the other computer
Does accessing a printer require different login?

 

[Rob Elder, MVP-Networking]

Access to resourses requires a valid user account and password. In a peer
to peer environment, you need to use a valid user account on the PC hosting
the resource.

Logging on to the workstation is the same as logging on to the network.

 

[Guest]

Thanks, Rob.
1. Should I understand that if I log in into w2k as Admin, I cannot access
resources on this w2k from another computer?
2. If this is correct, does it apply to printers only? For I can access
drives (although not reliably)?