Problem with printer setup using shortcut from another PCs locally attached printer

[DannyBoy]

Hi there all

I have a number of computers with multiple users on each machine, that
need access to a printer that is attached to one of the machines and
shared out. e.g. PC1 has the printer physically attached and shared.
All users of PC2, PC3 & PC4 need access to the printer. I have
discovered that if I place the users of PC2,...,PC4 in the local
administrators group for each machine, I can log in with local admin
rights, navigate to the printer e.g. \\pc1\Printers and Faxs
\LocallyAttachedPrinter right click on icon and place a shortcut on my
desktop. I can than copy this shortcut to C:\Documents and Settings
\All Users\Desktop. The idea is that by double clicking on this
shortcut the user can attach to the printer which also as a bonus sets
itself up as their default printer. Cool as this solution could be
applied to hot desks etc and I would not have to get each user of each
machine to log in and then attach the printer manually.

I am wondering if anyone knows how to do this without having to place
the users in local admin group as this is obviously undesirable.

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

314073 - How to troubleshoot network printing problems in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314073&Product=winxp
Set Up Printer Sharing:
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/broadbandnetworking/10_concept_printer_share.mspx