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Old February 16th 08, 03:43 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax
Tracey
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Default Network Printers, top of the list

All,

Does anyone know what causes a shared/network printer to show up
immediately under the domain or workgroup name in the form \
\computername\printer? I have some that show up this way, but with
others you have to click the computer name to find the printer. Some
details...

On my home (XP Home) workgroup, my shared printer shows up immediately
under our home workgroup, in the form \\computername\printer.

In a separate NT domain I have running, printers set up on an NT
domain controller also show up this way - immediately under the domain
name as \\computername\printer. However, if I share a printer from an
XP Pro machine on this NT domain, you actually have to browse through
the domain to find the computer name. The shared printers are of
course then listed.

Is there a way to get these XP-shared printers to show up immediately
under the domain name in the form \\computername\printer?

Thanks,
T.
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Old February 18th 08, 07:53 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax
Alan Morris [MSFT]
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Default Network Printers, top of the list

The browse master machine has to populate this data. The browse master is
typically the machine that is the first in the list AAAacme would typically
be the browse master.

This is disabled on large domains since it's creates a bunch of network
traffic.

Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base articles. Here is one.

Windows NT and Windows 2000 print browsing architecture
(161734) - How Shared Printers Are Found When a user chooses to browse
for a printer in the domain, a remote procedure call (RPC) (EnumPrinters) is
made to the browse master. ... How existing printers get enumerated to the
print browse master Windows NT ...
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/161734/en-us


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"Tracey" wrote in message
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All,

Does anyone know what causes a shared/network printer to show up
immediately under the domain or workgroup name in the form \
\computername\printer? I have some that show up this way, but with
others you have to click the computer name to find the printer. Some
details...

On my home (XP Home) workgroup, my shared printer shows up immediately
under our home workgroup, in the form \\computername\printer.

In a separate NT domain I have running, printers set up on an NT
domain controller also show up this way - immediately under the domain
name as \\computername\printer. However, if I share a printer from an
XP Pro machine on this NT domain, you actually have to browse through
the domain to find the computer name. The shared printers are of
course then listed.

Is there a way to get these XP-shared printers to show up immediately
under the domain name in the form \\computername\printer?

Thanks,
T.



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Old February 27th 08, 04:18 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax
Tracey
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Default Network Printers, top of the list

A ha! Thank you, Alan.
 




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