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    stand Guest

    How to access a shared printer as non-domain user

    Hi,

    I have the following setup:

    - W2k3 Server and a XP Professional Workstation both part of a domain.
    - Shared Printer on the server

    When logged in locally on the workstation, I'd like to use the shared
    printer on the server without entering additional credentials (e.g.
    without using a domain account).

    On the workstation I installed the printer using

    rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /ga /n\\server\printershare /
    j"LanMan Print Services"

    This way I added a per machine printer connection which should be
    independent of the user that logs in.
    But I get an access denied error when trying to get the properties
    page of the printer. And printing is also not possible.

    I checked with the permissions of the printer share and added the
    Everyone group and Guest account but I still had no access. I even
    added the computer object of the workstation and gave it full access
    to the printer but nothing changed, I still had no access.

    Does anybody see a way to solve this problem? Or isn't this "per
    machine printer connection" ment to work like this?

    Regards, Stefan


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    Tony Edgecombe Guest

    Re: How to access a shared printer as non-domain user

    On Dec 17 2008, 3:44 pm, stand <foxx.mar...@gmail.com> wrote:
    > Hi,
    >
    > I have the following setup:
    >
    > - W2k3 Server and a XP Professional Workstation both part of a domain.
    > - Shared Printer on the server
    >
    > When logged in locally on the workstation, I'd like to use the shared
    > printer on the server without entering additional credentials (e.g.
    > without using a domain account).
    >
    > On the workstation I installed the printer using
    >
    > rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /ga /n\\server\printershare /
    > j"LanMan Print Services"
    >
    > This way I added a per machine printer connection which should be
    > independent of the user that logs in.
    > But I get an access denied error when trying to get the properties
    > page of the printer. And printing is also not possible.
    >
    > I checked with the permissions of the printer share and added the
    > Everyone group and Guest account but I still had no access. I even
    > added the computer object of the workstation and gave it full access
    > to the printer but nothing changed, I still had no access.
    >
    > Does anybody see a way to solve this problem? Or isn't this "per
    > machine printer connection" ment to work like this?
    >
    > Regards, Stefan


    You need to enable the Guest account on the server, by default it is
    disabled.

    Tony Edgecombe
    www.frogmorecs.com
    Software for printing

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