Define 'Local Printer'?

[Gordon Price]

For reasons of AutoCAD ease of use, I would like to be able to define a
printer on each local machine, all called 'Local Printer' or 'Nearest
Printer' or some such, but have each desktop actually point this to one of
three physical printers. Ideally I would like to manage this with a script,
where the logon actually looks at what machine the user is logging on to,
and maps the local printer appropriately to the nearest phsysical device.
Failing that, it could be based on user group membership, but that would
mean a user logging in on a different machine would get output from the
printer defined by their usual desk location, not the machine they are
currently logged in at. Unfortunately, because of how AutoCAD plots, I can't
use the Default printer setting, I need to actually have a specific printer
name to work with.
So, first off, is there a better way to do this? Can script and/or Windows
Server get this affect some better way? And if not, can I do this as I am
thinking? Anyone done something similar?

Best,
Gordon

 

[Bruce Sanderson]

Take a look at http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/NetPrinterAllUsers.htm.

I'm not familiar with AutoCAD and don't really understand what the issue is
with it. The information at
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/NetPrinterNoPP.htm might also be useful.