Question

List the 3 standard and 3 special permissions in a Windows shared printer. Pick one standard and one special permission and describe in at least two paragraphs a reason for assigning that permission to a user.

Answer 1

Three standard permissions in a Window shared printer are : -

1 - Print

2 - Manage Documents

3 - Manage Printers.

Three special permissions in a Window shared printer are : -

1 - Change Default Share Permissions

2 - Remove Everyone

3 - Add Users and Apply Permissions

ONE standard permission

2 - Mange Documents - The user can pause, resume, restart, cancel, and rearrange the order of documents submitted by all other users. The user cannot, however, send documents to the printer or control the status of the printer. By default, the Manage Documents permission is assigned to members of the Creator Owner group.

When a user is assigned the Manage Documents permission, the user cannot access existing documents currently waiting to print. The permission will only apply to documents sent to the printer after the permission is assigned to the user.

ONE special permission

1 - Change Default Share Permissions :-These permissions are generally reserved for system administrators and allow a user to change the printer owner.If you want to change the default permissions for a printer, it’s as simple as selecting Allow or Deny for the desired person or group on the Security tab in the printer’s Properties dialog box. For instance, you might trust everyone on your network to use and manage the printer appropriately, and if those users need more access than the default Print permission, you can select other permissions as desired. You might also want to do this to avoid having to input administrator credentials to use the printer from another computer when logged on as a standard user.

To change the default share permissions, follow these steps:

1 - Locate the printer in the Printers folder, right-click it, and select Run As Administrator.

2 - Click Sharing.

3 - Click Continue.

4 - On the Security tab, under Group Or User Names, select Everyone.

5 - n the Permissions For Everyone box, select Allow for Manage Printers and Manage Permissions. Do not select Special Permissions