XP to XP printing in AD domain environment

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Jorabi

This issue has been discussed ad infinitum in online forums
but I have yet to find anything that works.

Why is it so hard to share a printer on an XP client and let
other XP clients print to it, when all computers are part of
a domain, without all the permissions issues? What should
take 12 seconds to set up has taken me 12 hours so far, and
it still isn't working.

The server is SBS 2003. The printing client gets an access
denied error.

The only way I have been able to get this working is to make
each user a local administrator on their own pc. First, that
doesn't make any sense to me, and second, it is neither
practical nor possible for me to do that. I need a solution
that can be done centrally, and will work in a roaming
profiles environment too.

Can anyone help?
 
Hi Jorabia,
The server is SBS 2003. The printing client gets an access
denied error.
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What is the exact message that comes with this error?

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"Test page failed to print. Would you like to view
the troubleshooter for assistance? Access denied."
 
Jorabi,

Have you checked the "Security" tab under printer properties and made sure
that the group everyone has at least printing rights?
<< There should be a checkbox in the "Allow" column, next to the permission
"Print" >>
 
Yes, that is checked. Everyone has full control of the printer being
shared on the XP
Pro print server.

As mentioned in other threads, I also checked permissions on c:\windows
\system32\
spool\printers on both the sharing pc and the using pc, and Everyone
has full control
to that folder on both machines.
 
Well this issue is very strange to me, I have never seen this problem in my
lab.

Just to make sure we are talking about the same thing:
Everyone has full control of the printer being
shared on the XP Pro print server.
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There is no option for full control in this section, only:
# Print;
# Manage Printers;
# Manage Documents;
# Special Permissions.
I also checked permissions on c:\windows\system32\spool\printers
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What happens if you set "Full Control" rights for "Everyone" on the folder
"C:\Windows\System32\spool\" and propagate this right to all child objects?
 
Some printer drivers require one to be an administrator to install it when
first connecting to a network printer.

Have you tried using the instructions at
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/NetPrinterAllUsers.htm to get the printer
"connected" to the XP client, then logging on (once) at the XP client as an
administor? You can do all of this remotely if you want.

We experienced this problem with a few printer models, but not all, and this
process corrected the problem.

If this doesn't work, what make and model of printer is it?
 
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