Add Printer to All Users?

Hello,

We don't use roaming profiles. We are testing out using a Windows print
server, however, we found out that the Windows printers are dependent on the
user profile of the logged in person. So the help desk can't install
printers logged in as themselves because when the user logs in the printers
aren't there. Is there any way to get around this so that printer installs
would be workstation associated and not associated with a particular user?

We are also concerned about when a user logs into a workstation other then
there own they won't have any printers. Could printers be associated somehow
to "All Users" or the workstation so that whoever logs in will get the
printers?

Thanks for any suggestions!
Kathy

Lanwench
Wed Mar 26 09:32:16 PDT 2008

Kathy Meegan <KathyMeegan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> We don't use roaming profiles. We are testing out using a Windows
> print server, however, we found out that the Windows printers are
> dependent on the user profile of the logged in person. So the help
> desk can't install printers logged in as themselves because when the
> user logs in the printers aren't there. Is there any way to get
> around this so that printer installs would be workstation associated
> and not associated with a particular user?
>
> We are also concerned about when a user logs into a workstation other
> then there own they won't have any printers. Could printers be
> associated somehow to "All Users" or the workstation so that whoever
> logs in will get the printers?
>
> Thanks for any suggestions!
> Kathy

Use group policy for this - maybe check out
http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/thread-1454380.php

Note that this newsgroup may not be the best place to post this question. In
the future I'd suggest microsoft.public.windows.group_policy and
microsoft.public.windows.server.scripting - if you want to send to more than
one, remember to crosspost (not multipost individual messages).

thomville
Wed Mar 26 09:38:21 PDT 2008

If you're running Win2203 R2, you can now deploy printers using group
policy. I'm not sure if you can do that for a machine or whether it
is user specific ...

There is also a MS utility called "con2prt" which allows connections
to a networked printer from a command line. It is suitable for use in
login scripts or batch files.

Thom


On Mar 26, 12:01 pm, Kathy Meegan
<KathyMee...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> We don't use roaming profiles. We are testing out using a Windows print
> server, however, we found out that the Windows printers are dependent on the
> user profile of the logged in person. So the help desk can't install
> printers logged in as themselves because when the user logs in the printers
> aren't there. Is there any way to get around this so that printer installs
> would be workstation associated and not associated with a particular user?
>
> We are also concerned about when a user logs into a workstation other then
> there own they won't have any printers. Could printers be associated somehow
> to "All Users" or the workstation so that whoever logs in will get the
> printers?
>
> Thanks for any suggestions!
> Kathy

Linn
Thu Mar 27 07:05:52 PDT 2008

Kathy,

This is the method I use to install networked printers. I just created a
series of batch files for installing my different printers. Can even do it
remotely with the computer name.

http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/NetPrinterAllUsers.htm

Hope this helps,
Linn

"Kathy Meegan" <KathyMeegan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:537BCE2E-59F3-4CAB-BD4B-6499FC82CB5B@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
>
> We don't use roaming profiles. We are testing out using a Windows print
> server, however, we found out that the Windows printers are dependent on
> the
> user profile of the logged in person. So the help desk can't install
> printers logged in as themselves because when the user logs in the
> printers
> aren't there. Is there any way to get around this so that printer
> installs
> would be workstation associated and not associated with a particular user?
>
> We are also concerned about when a user logs into a workstation other then
> there own they won't have any printers. Could printers be associated
> somehow
> to "All Users" or the workstation so that whoever logs in will get the
> printers?
>
> Thanks for any suggestions!
> Kathy