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Local vs Admin rights
Name: rmorrison Date: November 6, 2002 at 11:00:47 Pacific OS: NT 4 CPU/Ram: P3 128MB
Comment:
I administer an NT 4 network. I have a user running NT 4 workstation who cannot change printer option (portrait to duplex) when logged in as user. If I log in as administrator I can change the options. Adding the user to the local administrator group on the pc did not help. Thanks in advance.
Name: The Prima Donna Date: November 7, 2002 at 02:12:03 Pacific
Reply:
As I understand this printer is a network printer ?? Permission are set on the printerdriver e.g. There is "just print" and "manage printjobs"
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Response Number 2
Name: Mack Date: November 7, 2002 at 07:59:22 Pacific
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This may be a dumb answer, but after you added her to the local administrators group - did she log on locally or on the domain? She'll need to log on locally in order for it to work.
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Response Number 3
Name: rmorrison Date: November 7, 2002 at 08:13:29 Pacific
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To clarify:
This is a network printer and the user logs onto the domain. The user's domain account is part of the local administrators group on the pc. When logged onto the domain, this user can install software locally but cannot change simple printer options (i.e. portrait to landscape). Thanks.
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Response Number 4
Name: Jennifer Date: November 8, 2002 at 10:42:04 Pacific
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Is her printer pointing to a printer on a print server? If so, What are the printer permissions for that particular printer on the server?
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Response Number 5
Name: rmorrison Date: November 8, 2002 at 13:22:33 Pacific
Reply:
Thanks Jennifer, that solved the problem. I didn't know about the permissions setting on the printer. Thanks to all who responed.
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