[OPLINTECH] Networked Printers

[Eric Maynard]

Thanks Jim and Dan,

I mainly threw out the question because I am trying to streamline our
network and I am questioning the need for AD if I could just get by with
something (preferably open source) that serves the same purpose or who
knows, maybe even nothing at all.

But you guys also bring up another good reason for the discussion and that
is as Jim suggests, I seriously need to try to decide how best to manage and
control our printing costs moving forward, so maybe the need for central
management is here to stay.

Any others care to weigh in their experiences?

Eric Maynard
Head of Information Technology,
Holmes County District Public Library
Millersburg, OH  44654

Email [emaynard at holmeslib.org]
Phone [330.674.5972 x.224]
Fax   [330.674.1938]



On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Dan Will <willda at oplin.org> wrote:

>  I am curious as to why you have your printers locked down so. We only
> have a couple of “local” printers. The rest are network printers (IP
> addresses assigned. The Patron boxes print to the HP 4050 behind the circ
> desk and staff have access to printers at the branches as well as the Dir,
> Assist Dir, and Tech offices. We have had no problems at all with this
> arrangement. When we had printers connected directly to the patron
> computers, I was constantly working on them. Since I setup the networked
> printers, I very rarely have to do anything to them.
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> Dan Will
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> Technology Supervisor
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> Meigs County District Public Library
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> 216 West Main St
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> Pomeroy, Ohio 45769
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> 740.992.5813
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> 740.992.6140 (fax)
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> *From:* oplintech-bounces at oplin.org [mailto:oplintech-bounces at oplin.org] *On
> Behalf Of *JKENZIG
> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 03, 2009 12:56 PM
> *To:* Eric Maynard; oplintech at oplin.org
> *Subject:* Re: [OPLINTECH] Networked Printers
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> Hello Eric,
>
> We don’t use a lot of networked printers but we have several color copiers
> that can be used for our Admin staff to print to. We use a Windows Print
> server and share them.  We set up access security via the security
> properties tab and create groups for certain printers and just add the
> group.  We use locked mandatory profiles and only admins can install
> printers on the workstation.  We install the networked printers on
> workstations for our users on an as needed basis. We have the good fortune
> that most of our staff at least have a local printer so it is not a big
> undertaking managing them.
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> We also have a few wireless printers at the branches for users that are
> shared as open for patrons to print from their wireless laptops.
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> *Jim Kenzig*
> Network Manager
> Cuyahoga County Public Library
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> *Administrative Offices*
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> 2111 Snow Road / Parma, OH 44134-2728
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> *p *216.749.9389 / *f *216.749.9445
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> www.cuyahogalibrary.org
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> *From:* oplintech-bounces at oplin.org [mailto:oplintech-bounces at oplin.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Eric Maynard
> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 03, 2009 12:48 PM
> *To:* oplintech at oplin.org
> *Subject:* [OPLINTECH] Networked Printers
>
>
>
> I am curious how other techs/admins deal with managing networked printers
> ?  Does anyone use Active Directory to make these "discoverable" via the
> Windows Add Printer wizard?
>
> If not, how do you manage these from a staff perspective?  Windows shares?
> direct to printer? Automated scripts or manual installation?
>
> Eric Maynard
> Head of Information Technology,
> Holmes County District Public Library
> Millersburg, OH  44654
>
> Email [emaynard at holmeslib.org]
> Phone [330.674.5972 x.224]
> Fax   [330.674.1938]
>
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