user permission printing

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i'm having problems with allowing users to print. of
course, administrator privilages allow me to print. users
on this machine, however, cannot. i have to give the
users administrator status in order to print...obviously i
don't want to do that. i have tried to tweek privilages
by going onto "gpedit.msc" and still no results.

bottom line...i want my users to be able to print without
giving them the ability to install programs. i've tried
almost every possible combination, even the basic ones.

does anyone have any suggestions?

thank you!
 
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From: "ad" <[email protected]>
Subject: user permission printing
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 08:54:27 -0800
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.win2000.printing

i'm having problems with allowing users to print. of
course, administrator privilages allow me to print. users
on this machine, however, cannot. i have to give the
users administrator status in order to print...obviously i
don't want to do that. i have tried to tweek privilages
by going onto "gpedit.msc" and still no results.

bottom line...i want my users to be able to print without
giving them the ability to install programs. i've tried
almost every possible combination, even the basic ones.

does anyone have any suggestions?

thank you!
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What happens when a user tries to print? Is the printer already installed or is the user trying to add it? If the printer is
already installed make sure the Users group has the Print right on the Security tab of the printer's Properties. Also, make
sure Everyone has Full Control of the %systemroot%\system32\spool\printers folder, since this is were the print jobs will be
spooled to.

Bill Peele
Microsoft Enterprise Support

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When a user tries to print: 1) it takes a while to process
and send the document, then 2) after this time, the error
message pops up under the Printers Folder dialog
box..."There was an error found when printing the
document 'name' to 'name of printer'. Do you want to
retry or cancel the job?".

The printer is already installed, and can be viewed by all
the users. The user is not trying to add it. We have
tried by temporarily permitting the user to have
administrator privilages, install the network printer
driver, and revert the user back to restricted status.
Still, this has been fruitless.

I have allowed all users full control with regards to
printing in the printer's properties security tab.

I have allowed 'everyone' and 'users' full access of the %
systemroot%/system32/spool/printers folder.

all these have been addressed, and still, users cannot
print unless they are granted administrator status.
-----Original Message-----
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From: "ad" <[email protected]>
Subject: user permission printing
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 08:54:27 -0800
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.win2000.printing

i'm having problems with allowing users to print. of
course, administrator privilages allow me to print. users
on this machine, however, cannot. i have to give the
users administrator status in order to print...obviously i
don't want to do that. i have tried to tweek privilages
by going onto "gpedit.msc" and still no results.

bottom line...i want my users to be able to print without
giving them the ability to install programs. i've tried
almost every possible combination, even the basic ones.

does anyone have any suggestions?

thank you!
Click to expand...
already installed or is the user trying to add it? If the
printer is
already installed make sure the Users group has the Print
Click to expand...
right on the Security tab of the printer's Properties.
Also, make
sure Everyone has Full Control of the %systemroot%
Click to expand...
\system32\spool\printers folder, since this is were the
print jobs will be
spooled to.

Bill Peele
Microsoft Enterprise Support

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
Click to expand...
confers no rights. Use of included script samples are
subject to the
terms specified at http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm

Note: For the benefit of the community-at-large, all
Click to expand...
responses to this message are best directed to the
newsgroup/thread
 
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From: "ad" <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: user permission printing
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 09:44:09 -0800
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.win2000.printing

When a user tries to print: 1) it takes a while to process
and send the document, then 2) after this time, the error
message pops up under the Printers Folder dialog
box..."There was an error found when printing the
document 'name' to 'name of printer'. Do you want to
retry or cancel the job?".

The printer is already installed, and can be viewed by all
the users. The user is not trying to add it. We have
tried by temporarily permitting the user to have
administrator privilages, install the network printer
driver, and revert the user back to restricted status.
Still, this has been fruitless.

I have allowed all users full control with regards to
printing in the printer's properties security tab.

I have allowed 'everyone' and 'users' full access of the %
systemroot%/system32/spool/printers folder.

all these have been addressed, and still, users cannot
print unless they are granted administrator status.
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Have we tried the steps in the "Error Message Printing a Document" section of the article below?

260142 - How to Troubleshoot Windows 2000 Printing Problems
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=260142

Bill Peele
Microsoft Enterprise Support

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Use of included script samples are subject to the
terms specified at http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm

Note: For the benefit of the community-at-large, all responses to this message are best directed to the newsgroup/thread
from which they originated.
 
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