Setting default printer by location

[Guest]

In a 2000 terminal server we are trying to figure out how to set up a default printer by location, instead of by user.
The users will be login in to 1 of 10 stations using their domain logins, and will switch from station
to station as they do their rounds.
We wanted to see how the terminal server can figure out which station they are at, and print to the appropriate
printer.
The users log into winterms and PC's with the RDP client, and each station has a unique client name.
Any help would be appreciated.
thanks

 

[Matthew Harris [MVP]]

Here's my situation, and how I solved it. We have about
50 winterms, all which can handle logons of various
people. Each winterm should print to the closest
printer.

I named each winterm by the last octec of its IP address,
followed by the number code of their closest printer. My
winterm is named ThinClient010_011. My IP address ends
in .010 and the printer this thin client prints to is
printer number 011.

In my logon script, I parse the name of the winterm, using
the %clientname% variable. The script then maps my
network printer...if my clientname ends in 011, then I
should map the \\printserver\011 printer. Kidan crude,
but it works without mistake everytime.

And the rest is history.

-M

-----Original Message-----
In a 2000 terminal server we are trying to figure out how

to set up a default printer by location, instead of by
user.

The users will be login in to 1 of 10 stations using

their domain logins, and will switch from station

to station as they do their rounds.
We wanted to see how the terminal server can figure out

which station they are at, and print to the appropriate

printer.
The users log into winterms and PC's with the RDP client,

and each station has a unique client name.