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3 PrintShop Server service

This section describes the configuration of a distinct local user-account for the PrintShop Server service.

Note: This description focuses on procedures on Windows XP; on other platforms this procedure may

be slightly different.

PrintShop Server (PSS) is a Windows Service that runs in the background. Windows Services mostly run under

a different Windows User Account than the one any end-user has used to log on to their system called Local

System. Because the Local System-account has some limitations the PrintShop Server service will run by

default under the administrator end-user account that was logged on to the system during the installation of

PrintShop Web.

In order to properly serve PrintShop Web, it is vital that the account that PrintShop Server runs under has

enough security privileges on the local machine, and perhaps on the network, to access (network-)printers or

other resources it needs.

First and foremost, as the name Local System implies, the account is only valid for the local machine. Network

printers will therefore not available for use in PrintShop Server. The second limitation is printer management.

PrintShop server will only have access to printers installed for the user account under which PrintShop Surver

runs. This means that if Administrator has logged on and manages his printers, this might not propagate to

the Local System account’s printers, which PrintShop Server would use!

To avoid these issues with Printer Management, we strongly advise to make sure that the PrintShop Server

service runs under a user-account with administrative priveleges. It is necessary to install and configure your

printer(s) explicitly for this user-account, - for the PrintShop Server service.

What follows is a description of how to create a new (local) user-account with sufficient administrative

privileges on the system where the PrintShop Server service is running.

Note: In case your network-configuration requires this user-account to be a Domain User to be able

to access network resources, like network-printers, please contact your Domain Administrator to

set up a proper configuration. If you need further assistance, please feel free to contact

technical support (support@printshopweb.com) or your local distributor.

This section covers the following subjects:

• Creating a User Account for the PSS service

• Set the security privileges (local account)

• Managing printers for PrintShop Server

• Setting the PrintShop Server Service account