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Sharing printers under Windows 2000

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by stuart.douglas

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Shared a local printer under Windows 2000. Logged onto another Windows 2000 as Administrator and added the printer. When anybody else logs onto the machine the printer isn't there and it has to be added again. Is there a way to share the printer out so that all users logging on get the printer automatically set up.

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by winterfrost

Two suggestions:
- Alter the default user profile to include the printer. This would mean the printer will be mapped for all new users.
- Add the printer to the login script or by some other means to have it run locally on login (batch file in Startup, registry entry, etc.). See this article for the syntax on how to do it:

How to Add Printers with No User Interaction
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=189105

by dbowlin

Install the printer mapped to a local printer port rather than a network share.

To do so, run the add printer wizard, and choose local printer, choose create a port and choose local port. In the local port dialog enter the path to the network share printer. ie \\computername\sharename. Continue on with the set up as you would any local printer.

Local printers are available to anyone that uses the computer. Network share printers are profile specific. So unless you use a script or other method mentioned in the other post you will have to set up each profile individually.

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