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March 16, 2005
Default Printer Preferences for All Users
In the Nord Lab I have a Minolta Di251f copier/fax/scanner/printer indentical to those all over campus. Like many departments, the console is setup so you need to pick your name from a list and enter in your password, in an attempt to track printing. It is also neccessary to enter these codes into a user's printer preferences, otherwise the print jobs are discarded. Using registry auditing I was able to identify this registry key changing every time I configured the copier access code & password:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Printers\Connections\,,server,printername
Every printer apparently has a key like this, and within it is a binary value called 'DevMode'. I then exported this key, resulting in a 26KB file. Next, I did a "regedit /s copier-code.reg" on another machine, and the copier code/password (along with other printer preferences) were automatically set! Once I solved this mystery, I set the login script to run regedit and merge this key upon user login.
There is a knowledge base article entitled KB305402: HOW TO: Change Printing Preferences on Print Server for All Connected Users but it didn't seem to work for the particular printer settings I was interested in.
Posted by djc6 at March 16, 2005 12:13 AM
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