Deployment of USB printer(s) to different users

Hi,

 

I hope someone can assist with the following problem:

 

Our company purchased some 20 DELL Photo AIO 964 USB multi-functionals. These are meant to be placed in several "Business Centers" to be used by some roaming users (commercial people) when they are out of the office.

 

Some of these people will always be in one and the same BC, so always use the same printer. Others will visit multiple locations, and as such should be able to use several different of these printers.

 

I rolled out 4 of these printers already. Thus far, I followed the following procedure: I unpacked and installed ONE of the printers, and I let people come by with their laptops. I attached this printer and used the CD that comes delivered with them to install drivers and software. The actual printer which they will use, was not unpacked but just given to the user to unpack at location.

 

Well, turns out this is a bit of a problem, lol. The users are not local administrator, and when they connect their OWN printer in the BC to their laptops, XP signals "new hardware" and needs admin rights to install the printer. When the user cancels this, and tries to print via the driver that *I* installed previously, it doesn't work! The printers are "individuals" for XP.

 

This is quite a bit of a problem, since for example several people print on the same printer, and some people print on 4-5 different printers.

 

Is there some workaround possible such that I would not have to connect ALL these printers to ALL the laptops that would possibly need to use them??