Shared usb printer

jediobi1 · Aug 4, 2015

hey everyone we have a printer here that is connected to a computer through usb and then shared to another computer, but how do i set it up so that whenever someone logs in it gets added automatically to their account? they are logging in with a domain username and password to said machine and i know i can do this through group policy but i want to avoid that

Automata · Aug 4, 2015

Group policy is going to be the easiest option, as you can specify exactly who has it mapped (if needed). You can run a script at login that maps the printers, but updating it if anything changes with the configuration is going to be a pain.

jediobi1 · Aug 4, 2015

unfortunately we have a department who takes care of group policy and getting them to do something like this is next to impossible

Automata · Aug 4, 2015

jediobi1 said:
unfortunately we have a department who takes care of group policy and getting them to do something like this is next to impossible

Placing a script in the startup folder might be the best option. When I supported the office I worked in, I had the same situations: I couldn't administrate group policy and I needed to map drives/printers. Leave the bat file in the system's startup folder (not the user's startup folder) and it will simply re-map every time they log in. If the printer isn't going to change often, this is pretty easy.

jediobi1 · Aug 4, 2015

thideras said:
Placing a script in the startup folder might be the best option. When I supported the office I worked in, I had the same situations: I couldn't administrate group policy and I needed to map drives/printers. Leave the bat file in the system's startup folder (not the user's startup folder) and it will simply re-map every time they log in. If the printer isn't going to change often, this is pretty easy.

i found this which i think should work, where is the system startup folder?

Code:

CD C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM 
rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /n \\server_name\printer_name
rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /y /n \\server_name\printer_name

Automata · Aug 4, 2015

I'm on Windows 10, so it might be different, but I think it is here:

C:\Users\Default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

Or you can right click the folder and do "Open all users"

jediobi1 · Aug 4, 2015

thideras said:
I'm on Windows 10, so it might be different, but I think it is here:

C:\Users\Default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

Or you can right click the folder and do "Open all users"
View attachment 167376

nope i will have to find out where it is on windows 7 but thanks so much for your help!

Automata · Aug 4, 2015

Use the menu option in the picture I posted, that will get you to the right location.

jediobi1 · Aug 4, 2015

thideras said:
Use the menu option in the picture I posted, that will get you to the right location.

only problem is that it points to the one for my individual profile on the computer

Automata · Aug 4, 2015

And you did open/explore all users?

Mine goes here:
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

jediobi1 · Aug 5, 2015

thideras said:
And you did open/explore all users?

Mine goes here:
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

thats it thanks it works perfectly!

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