How can I restrict the print servers that a user can map to?

John Savill

October 18, 2007

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A. By default, a user can map printers on any print server and can print (provided they have permission), and the Everyone group has print permissions, by default. If you want to restrict a group of users to specific print servers on Windows XP SP1 and later machines, you can use Group Policy. Start the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC), and open a GPO or create one that links to a domain or OU containing the users who should be restricted to specific print servers. In the GPO, go to User Configuration, Administrative Templates, Control Panel, Printers. Double-click "Point and Print Restrictions," and set to Enabled. Select the "Users can only point and print to these servers" check box, and enter the names of the servers users can print to. Separate multiple entries with a semicolon. Click OK to all dialog boxes, and close GPE. Refresh the policy on the clients for the change to take effect

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