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12-16 Chapter 12 Managing Printers and Documents
How to Take Ownership of a Printer
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There might be times when the owner of a printer can no longer manage that printer
and you need to take ownership. Taking ownership of a printer enables you to change
administrative responsibility for it. By default, the user who installed the printer owns
it. If that user can no longer administer the printer, you should take ownership of it—
for example, if the current owner leaves the company.
This section describes which users can take ownership of a printer and then explains
how to do it.
Users Who Can Take Ownership of a Printer
The following users can take ownership of a printer:
■ A user or a member of a group who has the Manage Printers permission for the
printer.
■ Members of the Administrators and Power Users groups. By default, these groups
have the Manage Printers permission, which allows them to take ownership.
To Take Ownership of a Printer
To take ownership of a printer, complete the following steps:
1. In the Properties dialog box for the printer, on the Security tab, click Advanced.
2. In the Advanced Security Settings dialog box, on the Owner tab, click your user
account under Change Owner To, as shown in Figure 12-6.
Figure 12-6 Take ownership of a printer when the current owner no longer manages the
printer.