Help - printer issues! -

[Kathy Colavito]

Hello:

I worked at a High School with several Mandatory profiles and group policy
in Active Directory 2000....I have three network printers installed on a
workstation (XP Workstation) and want the printer to default to (ex: HP4000
instead of color HP4500) when I am logged on as an administrator I changed
the default printer to the HP4000. The problem is when a students logs on
with a mandatory profile it automatically defaults to the color. This
happens in all the buildings. I have tried deleting all the printer,
installing different ways and when it ask do you want the color printer as a
default I say NO. Still happens to default to color. Can anyone help me!!
Greatly appreciated, running out of ideas. Thanks, Kathy Colavito -
Technology Tech/Network admin
(e-mail address removed)12.ct.us

 

[Mike Labosh]

I worked at a High School with several Mandatory profiles and group policy

in Active Directory 2000....I have three network printers installed on a
workstation (XP Workstation) and want the printer to default to (ex:
HP4000 instead of color HP4500) when I am logged on as an administrator I
changed the default printer to the HP4000. The problem is when a students
logs on with a mandatory profile it automatically defaults to the color.
This happens in all the buildings. I have tried deleting all the printer,
installing different ways and when it ask do you want the color printer as
a default I say NO. Still happens to default to color. Can anyone help
me!! Greatly appreciated, running out of ideas. Thanks, Kathy Colavito -
Technology Tech/Network admin

This is because printer bindings are per-user. If Bob logs on and connects
to a network printer, and then Mary logs on, she won't see the printer
connection that Bob established. To make the users see the correct printer,
don't install it manually at the local desktop. Make a script that NET
USE's the printer in the netlogon share of your DC machines.

Also, I don't mean to be insulting, but a network administrator should (a)
already know this and (b) be posting this in a Windows newsgroup, not a
database newsgroup.

 

[Van T. Dinh]

Sorry, wrong newsgroup. This newsgroup is for Microsoft Access, a database
application.

I think you need to set it in the mandatory (all users) profile but for
expert answers, you will need to ask this question in one of the Windows
(server?) newsgroups.