Local XP User Accounts Cannot Print

[Greg Kastes]

I have a shared USB printer that is connected to an XP Pro PC (PC1). I have
another XP Pro PC (PC2) with 5 local user accounts. I have connected to the
shared printer using the command line function:
rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /ga /c\\PC1 /n\\PC2\SharedPrinterName

This function adds the printer globally for all users on the XP PC (PC2).
It shows up in the Printers folder for all users, but only prints from 2 of
the users. The other users get "Unable to Connect, Access Denied" when the
printer is accessed. All users are administrators on PC2.

I can ping PC1 from all users on PC2 using the UNC name for PC1 so I know
the network is OK.

Any suggestions are welcome - and needed!

 

[Guest]

Check permissions on PC1 for your shared printer - could
be a restriction in the # of users or other permissions?

 

[Greg Kastes]

Thanks for the tips.

I have looked at the Security tab for the printer and I cannot see any
restriction based on # of users. I made sure that the group "Everyone" had
"Print" permission and it did.

Any other suggestions?