Assigning printer permissions
After you have added and shared a printer,
you need to verify that users have the
appropriate permissions. Printer permissions
control not only who can print, but also
which printing tasks a user can do. For
security reasons, you might need to limit
user access to certain printers. In large
organizations, you may need to delegate
printer administration. Source: Windows
2000 Server Online Documentation
Changing a
User©s Default Printer in the Registry
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 156212
- There are times when you want
to change the default printer of a user
or group of users without having access
to the user's (or users' - computer(s)
. You can do this by making a registry
entry.
Disabling Printing Notification Dialog Boxes in Windows
NT/2000
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 122160
- Under Windows NT 3.5x and 4.0, it
is possible to disable the Printing
Notification network dialog boxes sent
by the spooler on a print server when
a print job has been completed, there
is an error, or a job has been deleted.
DOS Printing
Columnist David Carroll answers a reader's
question about printing from a finance
package at a remote site. The reader,
whose site depends on DOS mappings,
couldn't figure out how to map printers
to the site. Source: Windows &
.NET Magazine (April 2000) |
How to Add a Default
Printer Using a Visual Basic Script
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 263226 - This
article shows you how to use a Visual Basic
script to add a printer and make it the default
printer.
How to Add Digital
Print Monitor to Windows 2000
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 232822 - The
Digital Print Monitor tool is not included in
Windows 2000. This article describes how to
manually install Digital Print Monitor using
files from the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 CD-ROM.
How to Add LPT Ports
in Windows 2000
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 262032 - By
default, there are three LPT ports available
in Windows 2000. These ports are LPT1, LPT2,
and LPT3. This article describes how to add
additional ports (up to LPT9). After you add
additional LPT ports, they appear as available
printer ports
How to Add Printers
with No User Interaction in Windows 2000
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 189105 - Microsoft
Windows 2000 provides the ability to install
a printer using a command line. This is particularly
useful when you add or remove a printer from
a group of users using a login script or a scheduled
event.
HOW TO: Change Printing
Preferences on Print Server for All Connected
Users
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 305402 - With
Windows 2000, you can have separate printer
properties for the local computer and the client
computers. This article describes where to set
these properties for all connecting clients
and how to set properties local to the server.
HOW TO: Configure
Printer Settings in Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 313725
- This article describes how to configure printer
settings such as page separators and print notifications.
You configure some of these settings in the
printer's property, and others in the server's
properties. A member of the Administrators group
on a computer that runs Windows 2000 Advanced
Server will perform these procedures.
HOW
TO: Create a Container to List Printers in Active
Directory
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 303161 - This
article describes how to create a container
in which to list your printers in Active Directory
directory service. By default, printers are
not displayed when you use My Network Places
to browse Active Directory. This article describes
how to use the ADSI Edit tool that is included
with the Microsoft Windows 2000 Support Tools
to add a container in which to the list printers
that are published in Active Directory. By doing
so, users can either find the folder that contains
the printers in My Network Places or add a network
place to the folder that contains the printers.
HOW TO: Create a
Printing Pool in Windows 2000
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 318749 - This
step-by-step article describes how to create
a printing pool on a Windows 2000-based print
server.
How to Create Custom Separator Page Files
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 102712 - How
to Create Custom Separator Page Files
How to Create Custom Forms in Windows NT/2000
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 157172 - This
article describes how to create a custom form
for printing to a non-standard paper size in
Windows NT/2000
How to Delete a Network Printer Port
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 125953 - You
can delete a network printer port in the Printers
folder in Windows NT 4.0 or in Print Manager
in Windows NT 3.x.
How to Determine What Print Drivers a Print Device Requires
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 136812 - To
determine what drivers a print device requires,
and which ones Windows NT will install, read
the appropriate .inf file. The file to read
for Windows NT 3.5x is the Printer.inf file,
located in your Windows NT directory.
How to Force Printers
to Spool Raw Data Type Files in Windows 2000
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 268093 - This
article describes how to print raw data type
files in Windows 2000.
How to Install an
Internet Printer in Windows 2000 Professional
Using Personal Web Manager
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 257416 - This
article describes how to install an Internet
printer in Windows 2000 Professional using Personal
Web Manager (PWM). The preferred method of web
server configuration is through the Internet
Services Manager MMC. This article details how
to view the status of the Internet Printing
sections via PWM.
HOW TO: Install and
Configure Windows 2000 File and Print Server
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 300392 - This
step-by-step article describes how to configure
your Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2000 Advanced
Server to act as a file and printer server.
How to Load Printer
Drivers from Trusted Source Only
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 239536 - In
Windows NT you can install printer drivers from
a trusted share, rather than from the remote
print server to which your print service is
connected.
How to Manually Add a Redirected Client Printer Using Terminal
Services
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 243552 - This
article describes how to manually add a client-attached
printer to your Terminal Services session.
How to Manage Fax Documents Using Windows 2000
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 227197 -
This article describes how to manage fax documents
using Windows 2000.
HOW TO: Manage Print
Servers in Windows 2000
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 323228 - This
article describes how to manage print servers
in a Windows 2000 environment. You must be a
member of the administrators group on a computer
that is running Windows 2000 Advanced Server
to perform all of the tasks that are described
in this article.
HOW TO: Migrate a
Printer Server Configuration Between Windows
NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 Computers with the Printer
Migrator 2000 Tool
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 315983 - This
step-by-step article describes how to migrate
a printer server configuration between Windows
NT 4.0-based or Windows 2000-based computers
by using the Microsoft Printer Migrator 2000
tool (Printmig.exe version 2.0).
How
to Obtain Printer Drivers for Previous Operating
Systems to Use with Windows 2000 Professional
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 259976 - When
you use Windows 2000 Professional as a print
server on a network that has older clients (for
example, Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Microsoft
Windows 95, or Microsoft Windows 98), there
are several ways you can obtain and install
drivers
How to Print a Folder
Listing in Windows
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 196628 - This
article describes how to print a listing of
files or folders using Windows Explorer or My
Computer.
How to Print to Network Printer from MS-DOS-Based Programs
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 154498 - This
article describes how to print to a network
printer from an MS-DOS- based program in Windows
NT. By default, most MS-DOS-based programs print
directly to either LPT1 or LPT2.
How to Print Windows NT/2000 EMF Spool Files
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 179774 - When
troubleshooting printing problems with Windows
NT 4.0 or Windows 2000, it may become necessary
to capture the .spl file from a particular print
job for later examination and test printing.
When you to copy this file to a Windows NT
HOW TO: How to
Set Up a Print Queue
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 300610 - This
article discusses how to set up a print queue
on a Windows 2000-based computer.
How to Set Up
Print Services on a Windows 2000-Based Server
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 301201
- This step-by-step article describes how to
set up print services on your Windows 2000-based
server. To enable users of client computers
that are running non-Microsoft operating systems
to print, the print server must have additional
services installed.
How to Share Windows 95 Printer Driver in Windows NT 4.0/Windows
2000
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 142667 - This
article describes how to install Windows 95
print drivers on a Windows NT Server, Workstation
4.0 print server, or Windows 2000 computer.
This allows Windows 95 clients to connect to
the print server and obtain the driver.
How to Use Con2prt.exe
to Connect to a Network Printer
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 181663 - This
article describes how to use the Con2prt.exe
tool included with the Zero Administration Kit
for Windows NT 4.0 (ZAK) to connect to a network
printer. You are not required to install ZAK
to use the Con2prt.exe tool.
HOW TO: Use Gateway
Services for NetWare to Share a NetWare Printer
with Windows Client Computers
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 316088 - This
step-by-step article describes how to use Gateway
Services for NetWare to share a NetWare printer
with Windows-based client computers. After you
complete the procedure that is described in
this article, Windows-based clients can connect
to the shared printer on the Windows 2000 Server-based
computer on which Gateway Services for NetWare
is installed to gain access to the shared NetWare
printer.
Installing Cross Platform Print Drivers in Windows NT 4.0
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 154291 - Windows
NT supports the central installation of printer
drivers for various client platforms. These
include MIPS, Alpha, Power PC, and also Windows
95/98 clients. This article describes how to
do this for Windows NT 4.0.
Moving the Windows NT Default Paging and Spool File
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 123747 - This
article describes how to move the paging file
and print spooler to another hard disk. You
may want to do this if you install a new hard
disk that is faster than the hard disk currently
storing your paging and print spooler files.
New TCP/IP Printing Options in Windows 2000 Standard Port
Monitor
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 246868 - Windows
2000 offers an alternative to LPR ports when
you want to print to network print devices over
TCP/IP. The new port monitor is called Standard
Port Monitor (SPM). SPM is installed by default
when TCP/IP is installed in Windows 2000.
Printer Redirection
Architecture in Windows 2000 Terminal Services
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 294429 - This
article describes how Windows 2000 Terminal
Services redirects a client computer's local
printer ports.
Printing over a WAN
Columnist David Carroll addresses a reader's
questions about printing over a WAN in a Windows
NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition and Citrix
MetaFrame environment. Source: Windows 2000
Magazine (March 2000)
Publishing a Printer
in Windows 2000 Active Directory
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - Q234619 -
Windows 2000-based and non-Windows 2000-based
computers that have shared printers can publish
printers in Active Directory so that the printers
can be searched for easily.
Setting Automatic
Printing to a File Name in Windows NT/2000
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 119256 - This
article describes how to enable automatic printing
to a file in Windows NT/2000.
Turning Off Print Job Logging in the System Log
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 115841 - By
default, Windows NT and Windows NT Advanced
Server log every print job processed by the
server in the System Log. This article explains
how to disable that logging.
Using Group Policies
to Control Printers in Active Directory
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 234270 - Active
Directory printer-related settings can be enabled
or disabled by using Group Policies. All Group
Policy settings are contained in Group Policy
objects that are associated with Active Directory
containers (Sites, Organizational Units, |
