![]() If you want to install the printer on a LanMan printer port instead of Local then go to this registry key instead. It will ask something like "Do you want to keep the files that are no longer needed?". If you decide to delete the non-renamable network printers, do NOT delete the driver files too. Hopefully you have the driver(s) you need already on your computer, otherwise you may need the driver disk for the specific printer.ī2) While there are several ways of obtaining the driver files I will mention just one more. Since we're installing it to a local port, Windows doesn't check. Second, check to see if you can rename it.ī) The nice thing about Windows XP is that when you install a network printer the necessary drivers are just copied from that machine. Check to see if this happened by going to the printer properties and then ports. Make sure the printer really is available when you do this.Ī) If you already had the network printer on a port called LAN Manager printer port, then you created the Local Port, Windows MAY have moved the port from LanMan to Local for you. We've now installed a Local Port which is redirected to a network location.ĥ) REBOOT the Computer in order for it to show up in the list of local ports.Ħ) Next, open the Printers and Faxes window and then choose 'Add a Printer'ħ) Select 'Local' and do NOT 'automatically detect."Ĩ) In the box 'use the following port' you can drop down and find the port you've just created.ĩ) You should be able to follow the rest of the way through now. You may need to find out by checking the computer you're connecting to.įorgive me, I'm not sure how detailed I need to be. Where 'server' is the sharname of the network computer the printer is attached to, and 'sharename' is the name that the network printer is shared as. Or you can right-click the ports folder and go new>string value.Ĥ) Type the name of the network location in this form: \\server\sharename In the window where the ports are listed (usually the right window) right-click and go to 'new', then 'String Value'. I guess we're just "tricking" Windows.ģ) There should be a list of ports already there, we need to add a new one. We want to add a Local port that directs the computer to the network location. This is the location of LOCAL ports for your computer. I haven't tried it on XP Home.ġ) Go to the start menu and click on RUN, then type regeditĢ) Find the Key: HKey_Local_Machine>softwar e>microsof t>WindowsN T>CurrentV ersion>Por ts *This was done using XP Pro, so if you're using XP home and something doesn't match up with what I'm saying then it might be due to version differences. Please read all the way through before attempting, just so you understand what I've done and why. This particular procedure is fairly safe because it does not involve deleting or modifying any existing registry, only adding a single line (or more depending on how many network printers you want to be able to rename). Plus we are talking thousands of dollars that would need to be paid out for our TS farm something I would like to avoid.To start off with, it involves using regedit. However I would much rather find a way to do this myself so IĬan have a better understanding how this all works. ![]() That link is broken (version 3) but if you go to you get version 4. The second link provided talks about RenPrinters. ![]()
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