Windows 2000 Administration in a Nutshell

Name

printer permissions

Synopsis

Assign and modify standard and special permissions on a printer.

Procedures

Printer permissions are a means for controlling the level of access to shared printers on a Windows 2000 network. Printers must be shared on the network for printer permissions to be assigned to them.

To assign printer permissions, you must first be able to access the icon of the shared printer. You can do this using Windows Explorer, My Network Places, or from the Search Results of the Search Assistant accessed through Start → Search → For Printers. The following procedures assume you have already located the icon for the printer that you have shared and whose permissions you want to assign or modify.

Assign Standard Printer Permissions

Right-click on shared printer → Properties → Security → Add → select domain → select user or group → Add → OK → allow or deny printer permissions → Apply or OK

Unless you allow or deny different permissions, when you assign printer permissions to a user or group, the default permission assigned is Allow Print.

You can select more than one user or group at a time in the “Select Users, Computers, or Groups” dialog box.

When you try to allow or deny different combinations of printer permissions, you will discover that not all combinations are allowed. For example, if you try to allow Manage Printers, the Print checkbox under “Allow” also automatically becomes checked. Table 4.13 shows the permissible combinations of printer permissions that can be ...