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

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