How to configure
Printer Settings for Users in Active Directory
1.
Click Start,
point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and
then click Active
Directory Users and Computers.
2.
Click the Active
Directory container of the domain you want to manage (an
Organizational Unit or a domain). Right-click that container, and
then click Properties.
3.
Click New to
create a "New" Group Policy.
4.
In Group Policy
editor, expand the following folders: User Configuration,
Administrative Templates, Control Panel, and Printers.
The
following settings can be configured under User Configuration:
•
Disable the
deletion of printers:
Prevents users from deleting local and network printers.
•
Disable the
addition of printers:
Prevents users from using familiar methods to add local and network
printers.
•
Display the down
level page in the Add Printer wizard:
Permits users to browse the network for shared printers in the Add
Printer wizard.
•
Default Active
Directory path when searching for printers:
Specifies the Active Directory location in which searches for
printers begin.
•
Enable browsing for
Internet printers:
Adds the path to an Internet or intranet Web page to the Add Printer
wizard.
