I was referred to this forum from http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_xp-desktop/giving-user-specific-friendly-name-to-network/f759c9d6-faa5-4f9a-96c9-b105fd418b20
I'm a mere user in an enterprise situation. The printers all have cryptic names (alphanumeric strings) which I'm sure have meaning from the perspective of infrastructure management, but absolutely no meaning for the purpose of a mere user trying to keep track of which printer on the computer corresponds to which physical computer out in the cube farm. Is there a way for a mere user to create an alias name for the network printer? If it involves administrators of any sort, it will likely not happen, so a solution that requires only user privileges is preferred. However, I can retain the information for a procedure that requires administrator privileges so that I can opportunistically ask them to do it when the circumstances are right.