Vista - Access is Denied when setting up local printer port

02-10-2009

Hi,

I have 2 vista laptops that are connected over the LAN. One of the
vista laptop (laptop A) is connected to a Epson LQ 300 dotmatrix
printer locally on the usb port. From the other vista laptop (laptop
B) I can browse and print to this network printer through printer
sharing. However I have a need to add a local port to laptop B to
access this printer as we need to configure the printer name locally,
when I tried this UNC path \\laptopA\sharedprinter, I will get this
access is denied message and I will see a print job named "Remote
Downlevel Doc" on the sharedprinter.

UAC and Firewall are all turned off to eliminate the cause of the
denial issue.

How can I successfully connected this sharedprinter as local port
printer? Any help is appreciated.

Regards
Zofia

02-10-2009

enable UAC reboot, then add the port.

If you have Ultimate, launch printmanagement.msc and add the port from
there.

--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

<zofia70@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

> Hi,
>
> I have 2 vista laptops that are connected over the LAN. One of the
> vista laptop (laptop A) is connected to a Epson LQ 300 dotmatrix
> printer locally on the usb port. From the other vista laptop (laptop
> B) I can browse and print to this network printer through printer
> sharing. However I have a need to add a local port to laptop B to
> access this printer as we need to configure the printer name locally,
> when I tried this UNC path \\laptopA\sharedprinter, I will get this
> access is denied message and I will see a print job named "Remote
> Downlevel Doc" on the sharedprinter.
>
> UAC and Firewall are all turned off to eliminate the cause of the
> denial issue.
>
> How can I successfully connected this sharedprinter as local port
> printer? Any help is appreciated.
>
>
>
> Regards
> Zofia

02-10-2009

Hi Alan,

Just tried, no luck. Any other options to go ?

Regards
Zofia

On Feb 11, 9:59*am, "Alan Morris [MSFT]" <ala...@xxxxxx>
wrote:

Quote:

> enable UAC reboot, then add the port.
>
> If you have Ultimate, launch printmanagement.msc and add the port from
> there.
>
> --
> Alan Morris
> Windows Printing Team
> Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
> <zofi...@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>
> news:4f3489dd-3509-4a1a-985f-6edd6d4e2dbc@xxxxxx
>
>
>

Quote:

> > Hi,

>

Quote:

> > I have 2 vista laptops that are connected over the LAN. One of the
> > vista laptop (laptop A) is connected to a Epson LQ 300 dotmatrix
> > printer locally on the usb port. From the other vista laptop (laptop
> > B) I can browse and print to this network printer through printer
> > sharing. However I have a need to add a local port to laptop B to
> > access this printer as we need to configure the printer name locally,
> > when I tried this UNC path \\laptopA\sharedprinter, I will get this
> > access is denied message and I will see a print job named "Remote
> > Downlevel Doc" on the sharedprinter.

>

Quote:

> > UAC and Firewall are all turned off to eliminate the cause of the
> > denial issue.

>

Quote:

> > How can I successfully connected this sharedprinter as local port
> > printer? Any help is appreciated.

>

Quote:

> > Regards
> > Zofia- Hide quoted text -

>
> - Show quoted text -

02-11-2009

Just an update, manage to resolve this issue by granting everyone
write access to the spooler printer directory in windows in laptopA.

On Feb 11, 10:20*am, zofi...@xxxxxx wrote:

Quote:

> Hi Alan,
>
> Just tried, no luck. Any other options to go ?
>
> Regards
> Zofia
>
> On Feb 11, 9:59*am, "Alan Morris [MSFT]" <ala...@xxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>
>

Quote:

> > enable UAC reboot, then add theport.

>

Quote:

> > If you have Ultimate, launch printmanagement.msc and add theportfrom
> > there.

>

Quote:

> > --
> > Alan Morris
> > Windows Printing Team
> > Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1

>

Quote:

> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

>

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> > <zofi...@xxxxxx> wrote in message

>

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> >news:4f3489dd-3509-4a1a-985f-6edd6d4e2dbc@xxxxxx

>

Quote:

> > > Hi,

>

Quote:

> > > I have 2 vista laptops that are connected over the LAN. One of the
> > > vista laptop (laptop A) is connected to a Epson LQ 300 dotmatrix
> > >printerlocally on the usbport. From the other vista laptop (laptop
> > > B) I can browse and print to this networkprinterthroughprinter
> > > sharing. However I have a need to add alocalportto laptop B to
> > > access thisprinteras we need to configure theprintername locally,
> > > when I tried this UNC path \\laptopA\sharedprinter, I will get this
> > > access is denied message and I will see a print job named "Remote
> > > Downlevel Doc" on the sharedprinter.

>

Quote:

> > > UAC and Firewall are all turned off to eliminate the cause of the
> > > denial issue.

>

Quote:

> > > How can I successfully connected this sharedprinter aslocalport
> > >printer? Any help is appreciated.

>

Quote:

> > > Regards
> > > Zofia- Hide quoted text -

>

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> > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text -

>
> - Show quoted text -

02-10-2009	#1 (permalink)
zofia70 n/a posts	Access is Denied when setting up local printer port Hi, I have 2 vista laptops that are connected over the LAN. One of the vista laptop (laptop A) is connected to a Epson LQ 300 dotmatrix printer locally on the usb port. From the other vista laptop (laptop B) I can browse and print to this network printer through printer sharing. However I have a need to add a local port to laptop B to access this printer as we need to configure the printer name locally, when I tried this UNC path \\laptopA\sharedprinter, I will get this access is denied message and I will see a print job named "Remote Downlevel Doc" on the sharedprinter. UAC and Firewall are all turned off to eliminate the cause of the denial issue. How can I successfully connected this sharedprinter as local port printer? Any help is appreciated. Regards Zofia
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02-10-2009	#2 (permalink)
Alan Morris [MSFT] n/a posts	Re: Access is Denied when setting up local printer port enable UAC reboot, then add the port. If you have Ultimate, launch printmanagement.msc and add the port from there. -- Alan Morris Windows Printing Team Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here: http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1 This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. <zofia70@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:4f3489dd-3509-4a1a-985f-6edd6d4e2dbc@xxxxxx Quote: > Hi, > > I have 2 vista laptops that are connected over the LAN. One of the > vista laptop (laptop A) is connected to a Epson LQ 300 dotmatrix > printer locally on the usb port. From the other vista laptop (laptop > B) I can browse and print to this network printer through printer > sharing. However I have a need to add a local port to laptop B to > access this printer as we need to configure the printer name locally, > when I tried this UNC path \\laptopA\sharedprinter, I will get this > access is denied message and I will see a print job named "Remote > Downlevel Doc" on the sharedprinter. > > UAC and Firewall are all turned off to eliminate the cause of the > denial issue. > > How can I successfully connected this sharedprinter as local port > printer? Any help is appreciated. > > > > Regards > Zofia
My System Specs

02-10-2009	#3 (permalink)
zofia70 n/a posts	Re: Access is Denied when setting up local printer port Hi Alan, Just tried, no luck. Any other options to go ? Regards Zofia On Feb 11, 9:59*am, "Alan Morris [MSFT]" <ala...@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > enable UAC reboot, then add the port. > > If you have Ultimate, launch printmanagement.msc and add the port from > there. > > -- > Alan Morris > Windows Printing Team > Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1 > > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. > > <zofi...@xxxxxx> wrote in message > > news:4f3489dd-3509-4a1a-985f-6edd6d4e2dbc@xxxxxx > > > Quote: > > Hi, > Quote: > > I have 2 vista laptops that are connected over the LAN. One of the > > vista laptop (laptop A) is connected to a Epson LQ 300 dotmatrix > > printer locally on the usb port. From the other vista laptop (laptop > > B) I can browse and print to this network printer through printer > > sharing. However I have a need to add a local port to laptop B to > > access this printer as we need to configure the printer name locally, > > when I tried this UNC path \\laptopA\sharedprinter, I will get this > > access is denied message and I will see a print job named "Remote > > Downlevel Doc" on the sharedprinter. > Quote: > > UAC and Firewall are all turned off to eliminate the cause of the > > denial issue. > Quote: > > How can I successfully connected this sharedprinter as local port > > printer? Any help is appreciated. > Quote: > > Regards > > Zofia- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
My System Specs

02-11-2009	#4 (permalink)
zofia70 n/a posts	Re: Access is Denied when setting up local printer port Just an update, manage to resolve this issue by granting everyone write access to the spooler printer directory in windows in laptopA. On Feb 11, 10:20am, zofi...@xxxxxx wrote: Quote: > Hi Alan, > > Just tried, no luck. Any other options to go ? > > Regards > Zofia > > On Feb 11, 9:59am, "Alan Morris [MSFT]" <ala...@xxxxxx> > wrote: > > > Quote: > > enable UAC reboot, then add theport. > Quote: > > If you have Ultimate, launch printmanagement.msc and add theportfrom > > there. > Quote: > > -- > > Alan Morris > > Windows Printing Team > > Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1 > Quote: > > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. > Quote: > > <zofi...@xxxxxx> wrote in message > Quote: > >news:4f3489dd-3509-4a1a-985f-6edd6d4e2dbc@xxxxxx > Quote: Quote: > > > Hi, > Quote: Quote: > > > I have 2 vista laptops that are connected over the LAN. One of the > > > vista laptop (laptop A) is connected to a Epson LQ 300 dotmatrix > > >printerlocally on the usbport. From the other vista laptop (laptop > > > B) I can browse and print to this networkprinterthroughprinter > > > sharing. However I have a need to add alocalportto laptop B to > > > access thisprinteras we need to configure theprintername locally, > > > when I tried this UNC path \\laptopA\sharedprinter, I will get this > > > access is denied message and I will see a print job named "Remote > > > Downlevel Doc" on the sharedprinter. > Quote: Quote: > > > UAC and Firewall are all turned off to eliminate the cause of the > > > denial issue. > Quote: Quote: > > > How can I successfully connected this sharedprinter aslocalport > > >printer? Any help is appreciated. > Quote: Quote: > > > Regards > > > Zofia- Hide quoted text - > Quote: > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
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