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Connecting a Work Group Computer with Domain shared printer.

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by shekhar.chatterjee

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In my workplace there is a domain clint network and all the computers are in the particular domain. And printers are connected with the computers and duly shared to the all users of the domain. Now I have to connect a laptop with one of the printer. Due to some reasone I can not connect the user to the domain, but I have to share the printer to the laptop. How to do?

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by charliespencer

Create a domain account for the user, if he doesn't already have one. Then

Start, Run, \\server\printer

and you should be prompted for the user's domain account. Enter it in the form

domain\username
password

by shekhar.chatterjee

Thanks for the guidence, Palmetto!. But due to some reason I can not join the laptop to the domain. I have to maintain it in the workgroup, but at the same time i have to join the same with the printer connected with a particular computer of the domain and shared also.

by martinph

Create a local printer object on the laptop with the appropriate driver for the printer.

Create a port with the IP address of the printer and set this as the port the local printer will use.

This will completely bypass the domain security allowing you to print.

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