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Allowing regular user accounts to install or remove printers can eliminate some of the ticket work of managing printers by allowing users to install their own local printers (especially at home), remove old printers no longer available, or install printers from a print server, all without the assistance of IT.
Windows solutions
On Windows computers, regular user accounts can actually add printers as long as the drivers for the printer are already installed. There are 2 settings that need to be changed.
Mac solutions
On OS X based computers, the simplest solution is adding everyone to the lpadmin group. This enables regular user accounts to add, remove and modify printers.
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