[THIN] Re: Default printer issue

  • From: "Jeff Durbin" <techlists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 09:50:39 +1200

One way to prevent them from printing confidential data to the wrong printer
is by restricting printers based on security groups. Create a group whose
name reflects the printer. Then configure the printer so that only that
group (and administrators) are allowed to print to it.

JD 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Hahn
> Sent: Monday, 22 March 2004 9:03 a.m.
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: Default printer issue
> 
> Any chance that you have multiple people signing on using the 
> same username?  I have seen this cause this in the past.
> 
> 
> Scott Hahn
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jo.Bowers@xxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 3:30 PM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: Default printer issue
> 
> 
> This issue is also driving me nuts.
> 
> The default printer setting chnages at will, which has 
> resulted in confidential documents printing out on incorrect 
> printers elsewhere in the country/organisation.
> 
> We have used a kix script at other sites to sort this out, 
> but with this particular organisation, it would be a 
> nightmare to write.=20
> 
> I would have thought it logical that the default printer 
> setting that the user makes, gets saved back to their 
> profile, and is applied correctly each time they open an 
> app/logon.  Any thoughts are appreciated.
> 
> regards
> 
> Jo Bowers
> Systems Engineer
> Axon
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Boggan [mailto:MBoggan@xxxxxxxxxxx]=20
> Sent: Friday, 19 March 2004 6:16 a.m.
> To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: [THIN] Default printer issue
> 
> 
> Ok I guess i am missing something somewhere.  i hope someone 
> here can help. I have a mixture of network and local 
> autocreated printers.  Some users default to a autocreated 
> printer and some default to a network printer on the print 
> server.  But with our current settings, it is constantly 
> defaulting back to the first network printer in the list of 
> printers from the print server.  I want them to be able to 
> set one of there local autocreated printers to default OR one 
> of the network printers to default. What setting am i missing 
> that will allow this?
> 
> thanks,
> 
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