Contents
- 1 How do I add a user to my printer?
- 2 How do I give permission to my printer in the registry?
- 3 How do I make my printer available to all users?
- 4 How do I change the printer group policy?
- 5 How do I restrict users from printer directly to print?
- 6 How do I access printer properties as administrator?
- 7 How to add user to print administrator group but not full administrator?
- 8 How to add a shared printer to the GPO?
How do I add a user to my printer?
A.
- Logon as an Administrator.
- Double click “My Computer” and then select printers.
- Right click on the printer whose permissions you wish to change and select properties.
- Click the security tag and select permissions.
- You can now add users/groups and grant them the appropriate privilege.
- Click OK when finished.
What is the default permission on a printer?
By default, the Manage Printers permission is assigned to members of the Administrators and Power Users groups. By default, members of the Administrators and Power Users groups have full access, which means that the users are assigned the Print, Manage Documents, and Manage Printers permissions.
How do I give permission to my printer in the registry?
This can be changed by performing the following:
- Start the registry editor (regedt32.exe, not regedit.exe)
- Move to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Monitors.
- From the Security menu select Permissions.
- Click the Add button.
- Select “Printer Operators” and give them Full Control access.
How do I add admin rights to my printer?
How to Run a Printer As Administrator
- Click Start and select “Devices and Printers.”
- Double-click the icon for the printer that you want to open in administrator mode.
- Click “Properties” in the menu bar.
- Select “Open as administrator” from the pull-down menu.
How do I make my printer available to all users?
Answers
- Click Start, click Control Panel and double click Devices and Printers.
- Click Add a Printer.
- Select “Add a local printer”.
- Select “Create a new port”.
- In the box “Enter a port name”, type the address as the following format.
- Choose the correct driver in the driver list.
- Shared this printer to all the users.
How do I restrict access to my printer?
The below work around may help:
- Click on Start >> Devices and Printers.
- Right click on your printer and select “Printer properties”.
- In the printer properties window, click on the “Security” tab.
- Under the security tab, select the user account that you do not wish to print from and select remove.
- Click on Apply and OK.
How do I change the printer group policy?
Within your Printers GPO, navigate to User Configuration/Preferences/Control Panel Settings/Printers. Right click on Printers and select New – Shared Printer. Ensure that the Action type is either ‘Update’ or preferably ‘Create’.
How do I enable printing?
To enable Web Print for all printers:
- Click the Printers tab. The Printer List page is displayed.
- Select the The template printer.
- Select the Enable Web Print (users may upload documents to print) check box.
- Copy the setting to all other printers using Copy printer settings.
How do I restrict users from printer directly to print?
How do I take ownership of a registry key?
Right-click on the desired key and select Permissions from the popup menu. On the Permissions dialog box, click Advanced. Click the Owner tab on the Advanced Security settings dialog box. Select the owner name in the Change owner to list box.
How do I access printer properties as administrator?
How to deploy printers to users or computers via Group Policy?
Create a new group in AD (for example, mun-managers-hp2727), and add all the users whom you want to assign this printer to this group. In the GPMC, switch to the ManagersPrinter policy edit mode, and go to the section User Configuration > Preferences > Control Panel Settings > Printers;
How to add user to print administrator group but not full administrator?
– Ask Different How do I add a user to Print Administrator group but not full administrator? He unplugged the printer and plugged it back in. OS X (10.6) asked for the print administrator password. I would like to add the user to that group but not the full administrators group.
How can I add a printer to my print server?
Now you can install new printers on your print server. Go to the Printers section and select Add Printers from the context menu. The Network Printer Installation Wizard offers you 4 ways to install printers in the Print Management console. Create a new port and add a new printer. We selected the second point (installing the printer by IP address).
Press the Add button in order to add your shared printer to the GPO. The configuration is now completed, just press Apply. Now open the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC.msc), and find the policy you created earlier from the Print Management console (ManagersPrinter in our case). Check the current policy settings by going to the Settings tab.