Share printer XP Pro and Workgroup

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I have a few computers running XP Pro with Simple File Sharing disabled. I
connected a local printer to 'PC01' via a USB connector. I also made the
printer shareable giving it the share name LJ1000 and print permissions to
Everyone.

From PC02 and PC03, I try to add this shared network printer. 'PC01' is
visible from the other computers but the problem is that I cannot expand the
icon on show the shared printer unless I am logged into the other computers
as 'Administrator'.

If I log into another account such as John, the PC01 will be visible but the
printer simply does not expand so that I can select it. I've even removed
John from the 'Users' group and added him to the 'Administrators' group but
that does not make a difference.

Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you.

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See Bruce Sanderson's article at:
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/NetPrinterAllUsers.htm
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging



"Alex" <alex9933@prodigy.net.mx> wrote in message
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>I have a few computers running XP Pro with Simple File Sharing disabled. I
>connected a local printer to 'PC01' via a USB connector. I also made the
>printer shareable giving it the share name LJ1000 and print permissions to
>Everyone.
>
> From PC02 and PC03, I try to add this shared network printer. 'PC01' is
> visible from the other computers but the problem is that I cannot expand
> the icon on show the shared printer unless I am logged into the other
> computers as 'Administrator'.
>
> If I log into another account such as John, the PC01 will be visible but
> the printer simply does not expand so that I can select it. I've even
> removed John from the 'Users' group and added him to the 'Administrators'
> group but that does not make a difference.
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you.
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

Thank you for your suggestion, it worked. I syncronized the passwords for
the guest accounts to 'Password' and that solved the problem. Prior to
this, I had not assigned a password (left blank) and even though the
accounts had no password, the printers were not visible. Once I set the
passwords, I had access to the printer.

Best regards,

Alex

"Mike Brearley" <nospam@spam.com> wrote in message
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> In a workgroup setting, you need to ensure that the user account exists on
> both machines (the one you're logging onto directly and the one that's
> sharing the printer) and has the same password.
> Mike Brearley