[THIN] Re: Is it possible to change just the printer properties with a shortcut?
- From: "Jim Kenzig http://ThinHelp.com" <jkenzig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 15:21:24 -0800 (PST)
Good Idea
In a terminal services environment that would be the way to go. But adding 2
printers to 1000 desktops may not be so easy as just dropping an icon into the
users desktop folder. I'll play around with it though.
Jim
Vera Noest <Vera.Noest@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Maybe I'm missing something, but why not simply create multiple logical
printers?
I have 3 printers, called "Single-black", "Double-black" and
Single-color", pointing to the same physical print device and driver,
but with different settings. Works like a charm.
The problem with your proposed metod seems to me that users will forget
which settings are the current settings + they have to get to the
shortcut on the desktop first before printing. Much easier to be able to
choose the appropriate printer from within the Print dialog of any
application.
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Vera Noest
MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net/
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Sent: 3 november 2006 16:10
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Is it possible to change just the printer
properties with a shortcut?
Does anyone know of a utility or can suggest a good way that I
can create a shortcut that changes a property on a printer and then
change it back? I was thinking of maybe doing it in an Altiris rip file
but there has to be an easier way.
The idea I have and what I want to do is be able to create 2
shortcuts on a users desktop to create a quick way to change from single
sided to double sided printing without having to click a dozen times to
find it in printer properties. One to turn on double sided printing
for the printer and a second one that resets the printer back to single
sided printing. Anyone tried this? I know I could probably do it with a
reg file but we do not allow our users access to running regedit.
Jim
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