Printer deployment to restricted users

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Hi

I run a college environment network running Windows 2000 Pro clients and a Windows 2000 Server. A simple single-scope, single domain setup

Obviously all the student accounts and computers are locked down, minimal GUI's & no priviledges to make local system changes. All student account use a generic mandatory profile. Staff users have administrative rights to local computers
I need all students to be able to print to a printer in their room. They are segregated in different OU's for GP settings - or each computer can be maintained locally

I can add the printer to the local computer using an administrator account, but it doesn't appear in the printers for the students. I can't add the printers as a user even though GP is setting the computers to allow all domain users to load/unload device drivers, they aren't restricted from adding printers & they have the proper rights to the printer itself

Someone must have come accross this problem before? Or maybe its just me!...

Thanks for reading,

 

[Cari \(MS MVP\)]

See if Bruce Sanderson's article helps.....
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/NetPrinterAllUsers.htm
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Cari (MS-MVP Windows Client - Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
www.coribright.com

Hi,

I run a college environment network running Windows 2000 Pro clients and a

Windows 2000 Server. A simple single-scope, single domain setup.

Obviously all the student accounts and computers are locked down, minimal

GUI's & no priviledges to make local system changes. All student account use
a generic mandatory profile. Staff users have administrative rights to local
computers.

I need all students to be able to print to a printer in their room. They

are segregated in different OU's for GP settings - or each computer can be
maintained locally.

I can add the printer to the local computer using an administrator

account, but it doesn't appear in the printers for the students. I can't add
the printers as a user even though GP is setting the computers to allow all
domain users to load/unload device drivers, they aren't restricted from
adding printers & they have the proper rights to the printer itself.