NT Domain/Printer Problems

From: David Ray (david_at_timecalc.com)
Date: 11/16/03 

Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 20:13:08 -0600

I'm currently in the process of installing a few XP Pro workstations on an
NT domain. These PCs must run some DOS software. Printers are all HP
Laserjets with JetDirect cards.

I use a login script to execute a NET USE for each printer:

NET USE LPT1: \\NTSERVER\ReceptionPrinter /PERSISTENT:YES

1. All of the printers (3 in all) are set up with identical security
settings on the NT Domain. Yet, one of the three NET USE commands
consistently fails (requesting a username/pw) when the user is not an
administrator.

2. Have been trying to use the rundll32 commands to install the printers for
"ALL" users (per machine installation), but this doesn't seem to work as it
did with W2K. Could be related to problem (1) though.

3. The printer involved is an HP 4050 which has no XP driver on the NT
Server. Is there a way to put it on the server so printer installation is
simpler? It seems like installation of the XP driver is a major pain that
could be easily avoided if I could install it on the NT Server, but I find
no way to do this with an XP driver.

Any suggestions, remarks on any of these items will be appreciated.

Sincerely,

D Ray

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