How can I allow members of the Printer Operators group to Add Printers?
John Savill
March 4, 1999
1 Min Read
A. While members of the Print Operators group can stop and restart the Print Spooler, modify jobs and other admin functions they cannot add or modify the actual printers. This can be changed by performing the following:
Start the registry editor (regedt32.exe, not regedit.exe)
Move to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlPrintMonitors
From the Security menu select Permissions
Click the Add button
Select "Printer Operators" and give them Full Control access. Click OK
Close the registry editor
Stop and start the machine for the change to take effect. Alternatively just stop and start the print spool service,
C:> net stop spooler
C:> net start spooler
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