Network Printers - Dumb Question

[Johnta]

Hi Anyone & Everyone,

Can someone please clear this up for me???

I share a printer on a Win2k or XP machine, I goto another
XP machine and login as myself and connect to it fine,
however when I login as someone else the printer I just
connected isn't there (even though all users are in the
local admin group)- It's as if you have to connect the
printer for every user who logs on that machine? Is this
correct? or is there something else I gotta do to so that
the printer "stays" for anyone who logs into the computer.

Any help would be very greatful,

Thanks,

Johnta

 

[Papa]

You must "Install" the printer on every PC that you intend to have access
to. The "Install" can be for a printer that is shared within your LAN, for a
network printer connected to a print server, or for a printer connected
directly to that PCs parallel or USB port.

 

[Guest]

I think you have to give permissions to others to use the printer in the sharing properties for the printer.
Example:
Computer A is connected to printer.
User B on computer C wants to connect to printer.
Computer A must give permission to User B before User B can connect to printer.
It doesn't matter whether or not User B is local admin on Computer C. He must have permissions on Computer A to access it.

 

[Richard G. Harper]

Yes, this is correct. A printer installed via a local driver or TCP/IP port
will be available to all users. A printer installed via a network mapping
will only be available to those users who connect to it while logged on.