Hey, I have a Samsung Laser Printer, and i have it shared on my network so I can print wirelessly from my laptop as well as desktop to the printer. THe problem is, so do my roomates, and toner is expensive. Is there a way to password protect the printer? Thanks a ton.
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Password protect a printer?
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If it's a WinNT OS (2K, XP), you should be able to set user permissions just like you do with shared drives. Just password your guest account, or disable guest on the printer.
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Yes, there most certainly is a way. If you have Windows 2000 or Windows XP, you can restrict the user acccess to the printer to just the machines that you use.
- Right click on the printer to bring up the menu
- Click on Sharing
- Click on the Permissions button.
- Uncheck the boxes of user's on the network that you want to have access to the computer.
- Click OK and your all done!
- Right click on the printer to bring up the menu
- Click on Sharing
- Click on the Permissions button.
- Uncheck the boxes of user's on the network that you want to have access to the computer.
- Click OK and your all done!
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Do you have simple file sharing turned off?