Renaming a printer

**Der Rabe** · 12-18-2002, 07:39 AM

How do you rename a printer in win2k?

**TheTechIsIn** · 12-18-2002, 09:00 AM

Rename the share or the name on the local system itself?

**Der Rabe** · 12-18-2002, 09:11 AM

Name is greyied out on the printer

Drifters · 12-18-2002, 11:02 AM

Right click on the printer and in the general tab you could rename it there or go to the ports tab and if it is a network printer using a tcp/ip port, click on the port then configure tabs and you could rename it there.

johnwill · 12-18-2002, 11:03 AM

Sounds like you have some sort of Group Policy restricting name changes, I can rename my printers...

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TheTechIsIn Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Roaming the US Posts: 1,693 OS: WinXP & Linux	Rename the share or the name on the local system itself? __________________ <-- This Space for Sale -->

12-18-2002, 09:11 AM	#3 (permalink)
Der Rabe Watching from the shadows Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Currently In Michigan Posts: 989 OS: XP Sp3, Vista sp1, 2003 sp2	Name is greyied out on the printer __________________ <-----come on you know you wanna click it

12-18-2002, 11:02 AM	#4 (permalink)
Drifters Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 283 OS: win 2000	Right click on the printer and in the general tab you could rename it there or go to the ports tab and if it is a network printer using a tcp/ip port, click on the port then configure tabs and you could rename it there. __________________ Drifters For Life

12-18-2002, 11:03 AM	#5 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 30,171 OS: XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Sounds like you have some sort of Group Policy restricting name changes, I can rename my printers...