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by zet

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Hi,

My customer has Windows 2000 domain, with single DC and Win2K workstations only. They also have a printer in each Lab Room.

How do you setup workstations in each Lab to print to the local printer physically located in the same room only? Other printers should be invisible or inaccessible.

The users are High School students constantly moving from classroom to classroom.

Thanks in advance,

Zet

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by abubin

There are a few ways to tackle this problem. It also depends on how the printers are currently being shared as it depends on whether it is network printer or shared printer from a workstation.

Either way, create the printer icon to be shared fromyour server. Then all workstations is to print from the shared printers in the server.

From the server's printer, set the security tab to only allow computers in section A to print on printer A. Or you could make Group A and only allow users in group A to print on printer A.

You can also enable logs on this printer which allows you to track who is printing what.

As I said earlier, there are a other way of doing this depending on how the network is setup. Feel free to email me if you have any problems.

by shanghai sam

The printers are all networked.

Also, it didn't work. They created accounts/objects for each machine, put them all in groups (say Lab 1 and Lab2), on one of the printers they allowed printing for group 1, and explicitily disallowed printing for group 2. Still, computers from group 1 can print on printer 2

Thanks for your reply, but - any other ideas?

by sergey kovzik

you configure printers at workstations and than lock by policy configuration of additional printers. but this seems really strange - I was able to control even tray access by user rights in W2K.

Sincerely, Sergey
Brainbench MVP for Win98 Administration

by zet

It might work, but it is only a temporary solution (although, as they say in Russia, nothing is more permanent then a temporary solution, he he). We are talking about highly volatile environment of 200+ computers and 700+ students, plus teaching staff, some of them with laptops. Got to be something more manageable...

by mshavrov

Short answer - use OU. Create OU's for each Lab and within OU create another OU for printers and another resources. It's one of main advantages of W2K.

Best regards,

Mike
MCSE-W2K, MCSE+I, CCNA, CCDA

by bentgellerich

Try this:
1. Create 3 global groups USERSLAB1, USERSLAB2, & USERSLAB3
2. Add appropreate PC's to Groups
3. Create 3 DL Groups, assign permissions to each printer.
4. Add Global Groups to DL Groups.

Make sure the EVERYONE Group is removed fromthe printer permissions. Remember permissions are cumulative.

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