We're using PWB 2 in our library, and it is working very well.
Two of our public Win2K stations have color DeskJet printers. One thing the library personnel would like to do is restrict the ability of patrons to print in color, in order to save on ink costs. If something really needs to be in color, library staff would like to be able to enable it without letting the public do it themselves.
This would mean that the printer properties would somehow have to be restricted with a password. In PWB, the print preview window allows access to the printer properties. Is there any way (whether as part of PWB or with some other utility) to lock down the printer properties?
Printer control
Moderators: Tyler, Scott, PWB v2 Moderator
You could try this:
Restricting Access to Printer Properties
The options are stored in the Registry in the key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
A value set to 0x00000001 disables access; deleting the value or setting it to 0 enables access.
NoPrinterTabs - Hide General and Details Pages. If the value is set to 1, the pages are hidden on the printer Properties property sheet.
I'm not sure if this will work with NT/2K/XP though, but it might be worth a shot. As always, use at your own risk
Restricting Access to Printer Properties
The options are stored in the Registry in the key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
A value set to 0x00000001 disables access; deleting the value or setting it to 0 enables access.
NoPrinterTabs - Hide General and Details Pages. If the value is set to 1, the pages are hidden on the printer Properties property sheet.
I'm not sure if this will work with NT/2K/XP though, but it might be worth a shot. As always, use at your own risk