"rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry" Printer Deployment doesn't work with Publisher?

[Don Gray]

I'm deploying MS Publisher XP in a school Active Directory environment
(Win2k Server, XP Pro Clients). To ease administration I've deployed a
network printer shared from a Windows 2000 Server using the command:
"rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /ga /c\\<workstation>
/n\\<servername>\<printshare>"

The printer is installed for each User and everything prints fine for each
user, Word, Wordpad, IE, etc... EXCEPT Publisher! When attempting to print
from Publisher the following error message occurs:

"Please choose another printer.
Publisher cannot find the printer "\\caco-fs\HP LaserJet 2100 Series
PS" for this publication. To select a different printer, click OK.
To return to Publisher now, click Cancel."

If I manually Add the Printer as a user...it works fine...just not using the
above deployment method. I NEED to deploy the network printer with as little
user interaction as possible. Any answers??? Thanks!

Don Gray

 

[°°°M°S°°Publisher°°°]

The only way you will overcome this is to open the root of the server to all
users.

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[Don Gray]

Is there any documentation regarding this? An explanation why it works with
MS Word but not with Publisher?

 

[Ed Bennett]

Whilst attempting to develop brick-based storage technology, Ed reads a

I'm deploying MS Publisher XP in a school Active Directory environment
(Win2k Server, XP Pro Clients). To ease administration I've deployed
a network printer shared from a Windows 2000 Server using the command:
"rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /ga /c\\<workstation>
/n\\<servername>\<printshare>"

Publisher is very finickity when it comes to network environments.
You might try mapping the network share to a port - Publisher should like
that.
Alternatively set a printer on a local port (FILE: might work) as default.
But thenyour students will have to learn to switch it over to the correct
printer when they want to print.

What kind of school is this anyway? Where'd you get the cash to have all
Windows XP clients and an AD environment under 2k server?!

 

[°°°M°S°°Publisher°°°]

Just a basic standard setup for our schools.