I'm using a USB port printer Samsung ML-2510 and was wondering if there are any ways to password protect my printer from my friends. Currently, I am living in a dorm with 3 other people, whom I think are using my printer when I go home over the week end. I know you need to download a driver to print something, but since they all have a laptop and access to the internet, they can just go online and download the driver for my printer and print. Bad thing is, my printer uses a USB port so they can just plug it in and print. Is there anyway to configure this on my computer? I have Vista. I'm running low on budget so I can't afford to buy anything.

I'm using a USB port printer Samsung ML-2510 and was wondering if there are any ways to password protect my printer from my friends. Currently, I am living in a dorm with 3 other people, whom I think are using my printer when I go home over the week end. I know you need to download a driver to print something, but since they all have a laptop and access to the internet, they can just go online and download the driver for my printer and print. Bad thing is, my printer uses a USB port so they can just plug it in and print. Is there anyway to configure this on my computer? I have Vista. I'm running low on budget so I can't afford to buy anything.
Some ideas: 1. If your printer has wireless network capabilities, you could use its menu to put in a password which you would use when you try to print wireless yourself. 2. The easiest thing to do is to hide the USB cable. 3. Talk to your friends about this problem and see what they have to say.

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