Workgroup laptop have access to domain printer?

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Mike Barry

Is it possible for a laptop that is in a workgroup to plug
into a network and use a printer on the domain?

The printer he wants to use is a network printer, not a local
printer shared on another computer. Would it be possible to connect
to this printer with the NET USE command when he connects to the
network? If so, what would be the syntax?

Thanks

Mike
 
Yes, provided he's willing to enter his domain password every time he starts
up....

either

net use lpt1: \\servername\printershare /user:domainname\username

or by mapping a drive to the server and providing the credentials there, and
then browsing to find the printer & connecting to it/installing it.
 
Thank you very much for the help!

Mike



Yes, provided he's willing to enter his domain password every time he starts
up....

either

net use lpt1: \\servername\printershare /user:domainname\username

or by mapping a drive to the server and providing the credentials there, and
then browsing to find the printer & connecting to it/installing it.
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No problem :-)

Shoulda mentioned, it is possible to put the password in the batch file you
create to run the net use, but it's plain text, won't change as he changes
his domain password, and is not a good idea. :-)
 
Right.

One thing I added here at home to test this was the
/persistent:yes switch, but it doesn't work...at least it doesn't
work the way I am led to believe it should work.

Every time I reboot on my machine here that is not
part of the test domain I have set up here at home the connection
to the printer is lost. Shouldn't the /persistent: yes restore it
the next time I reboot?

Thanks.
Mike
 
Mike said:
Right.

One thing I added here at home to test this was the
/persistent:yes switch, but it doesn't work...at least it doesn't
work the way I am led to believe it should work.

Every time I reboot on my machine here that is not
part of the test domain I have set up here at home the connection
to the printer is lost. Shouldn't the /persistent: yes restore it
the next time I reboot?
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No - not if you're not in the same domain, logging *into* the domain, or
without a trust between two domains. You're going to have to enter the
credentials/password.

I always use /persistent:no in all my login scripts, anyway.
 
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