Networking a printer in Windows 2000

[Guest]

I am a computer technician for a school district in Arizona and have come to
a dead end. I have a lab of dell GX 280's running windows 2000 and I can't
seem to network an Epson PhotoR2400. Now, usually, we network the printer and
create a reservation for it on the network, create a batch file to add it for
all users, etc. The Epson 2400 doesn't need a reservation because it's not a
regular network printer per say, it's a printer connected via USB. I've tried
sharing it out and adding it on each individual local machine but the
students can't access it. Any suggestions? There’s an article about making
modifications to the registry but I don’t think that’s what I want, I
followed all the steps to no success.

Thanks,

-Andres

 

[Phillip Windell]

all users, etc. The Epson 2400 doesn't need a reservation because it's not a
regular network printer per say, it's a printer connected via USB. I've tried
sharing it out and adding it

Actually that makes it a regular network printer. Printers that have their own
"nics" are not considered network printers but are consider Local Printers that
simply use a TCP/IP Port in stead of a LPT Port. I know it sounds crazy but
that is the terminolgy used when it comes to installing printers in Windows.

Also the Nic in those types of printers is considered a "print server".
Bringing this down to the Epson USB Printer what you can do is buy a "print
server" (small box) that you plug the printer into (USB) and then plug the box
into the LAN (RJ45). The print box can be assigned an IP# and has a Mac Address
that you can apply a reservation to in DHCP.

That is how we handle ours. There are only a couple rare cases of printers being
shared by a pc and it is a pain to maintain and keep working consistantly.
Although sharing them off of a dedicated server isn't so bad and that can be
done with both types of printers.

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[Kurt]

I am a computer technician for a school district in Arizona and have come to
a dead end. I have a lab of dell GX 280's running windows 2000 and I can't
seem to network an Epson PhotoR2400. Now, usually, we network the printer and
create a reservation for it on the network, create a batch file to add it for
all users, etc. The Epson 2400 doesn't need a reservation because it's not a
regular network printer per say, it's a printer connected via USB. I've tried
sharing it out and adding it on each individual local machine but the
students can't access it. Any suggestions? There’s an article about making
modifications to the registry but I don’t think that’s what I want, I
followed all the steps to no success.

Thanks,

-Andres

But, if you really want to share it from another Windows 2000 computer,
you'll need to have your permissions set up so that other users can use
it. For example:

Computer A shares "printer" with "Everyone - Print" permissions.
Computer B has user "user1" with password "pass" logged on.

In order for user1 to be able to print from Computer B to the printer on
computer A, computer A must have a user account "user1" with password
"pass". The same goes for any other users that want to print. I'm
assuming you do NOT have an Active Directory (Windows domain). If you
did, you wouldn't need to create the local accounts on each computer.

....kurt