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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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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 -- Alan Morris Windows Printing Team Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base he http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1 This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "Tracey" wrote in message ... 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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A ha! Thank you, Alan.
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