> Hi All,
>
> We recently changed all our Printers on Windows XP SP2 (joined to a
> domain)
> from "Per User" installation to "Per PC" installation.
>
> If you add a printer via Start / Settings / Printers / Add printer, it is
> a
> per user printer. IE If you go to a different PC (and you have a roaming
> profile) the printer will be available to you on the new PC.
> That's great if you go to the PC next to you... It's not so good if you go
> to a different site or floor and want to print to the printer closest to
> you.
>
> To solve this, we removed all the printers and added them as "Per PC"
> printers. IE, It doesn't matter who logs into the PC, the available
> printers
> will always be the ones installed on the PC.
> We installed the printers using the following command:
> rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /ga /y /n\\PServer\Printer1
>
> That's a quick explanation of what we did. Now down to the Problem:
>
> Before, (with the printer installed as a per user printer) when you're in
> Outlook 2003, if you highlight a message (or open it) and press CTRL + P
> or
> click File / Print, the print dialog box shows the default printer. This
> is
> good and what I would expect.
>
> Now we have deleted the "Per User" printer and added the "Per PC" printer
> connection. When we do the same thing in Outlook, the Printer "Name" box
> is
> empty. You have to manually select the printer you want to print to. Once
> you've done this, Outlook seems to remember the printer until you close
> Outlook. Next time you open Outlook, you have to go through the same
> process.
>
> It appears that Outlook doesn't seem to be able to pickup or remember the
> default printer when it's installed on a Per PC basis.
>
> Note that if you hover over the Printer button on the toolbar in Outlook,
> it
> shows the default printer correctly and also prints correctly to the
> default
> printer when you press the button.
>
> I also built a fresh XP SP2 PC with only Office 2003 installed and got the
> same problem.
>
> Any Ideas? Can anyone confirm if the same thing happens to them?
>
> Cheers
> Trent