XP, profiles, and printers

[charlener]

I'm a fairly new person to anything vaguely resembling network and multi-user computers...so here goes a prolly easy-to-answer question.

We're running a win2k domain with windows XP client computers. The problem is, whenever I install printers as administrator to the local computer, other users who login afterwards on the domain can't access or use the printers. Each time we have to set the printer up under their individual profiles. In theory they're all starting with the same customized Default User profile we created on each computer already. Is there a way to ensure that all users of the computer can access the printer?

 

[LiLithTecH]

Are you using Active Directory?

If so, make sure the List in the Directory check box is selected under the Sharing tab.

 

[scorpio5780]

if the users are logging onto the domain then u can write a script on the server that will run for every user connecting to it. That script will configure and install the printers for every user.

Check this page for the script

Store the script in this directory on the server - C:\WINNT\system32\Repl\Import\Scripts

In the "Logon script" filed of the users profile on the server give the script file name.

Hope this helps

 

[charlener]

hrm...thing is, I'm not using roaming profiles -- just local ones (as the network here is slow enough without copying profiles all the time)

thoughts?