how to install a printer for all users

Hi

Assuming it's a network printer you are connecting to then every user will have to make their own connection because it's stored in the user profile.

You could use a logon script to make sure everyone has a connection to the printer.

Gavin

On each computer, you must go back into the printer settings and make sure that the "Port" settings points to your \\servername\sharename.

Add a port and browse for the printer share. The windows 2000 Pro computer must be on always in order for the other computers to see and print to a local LPT port on that computer.

Please read the Technet article How to Add a Default Printer for All New Users (Q252388):
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q252388
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The Registry modifications (26 steps to do this!) is designed to change the Default User profile on a NT/2000 system. You add the default printer settings to the Default User profile. Then, when a user logs onto that machine the first time, they receive the default printer you set up.
If a user has already logged onto a machine before, then this will not work as specified. But, you can change the article directions and change a already built user settings remotely. You can open a Ntuser.DAT file remotely, add in the changes, and then save them on the remote machine. Then, the user will "magically" have the printer set up for them.

hope this helps

You can add the printer while logged in with admin rights to the domain. Cpy the admin profile over to the default user profile. All new users will have the printer installed when they log in for the first time. If there are users who have already logged in this will not work. You will have to delete their existing profile so that a new one is created when they log in again. If they have customized their desktop though all those settings will go away.

As an alternative, you can give temporary Admin rights to the user account. Have the user login, add the printers to the profile, copy the profile to the default user profile. Log the user off and remove the admin rights. Now all new users will get the printers already installed.