Permanently unmap network printer (from network locations)

Question

I have a printer that creates an unusable 'network drive' in computer, and thus reserves the X drive letter.

And because i have a lot of hard disks i need every drive letter available.

And it is annoying to disconnect the drive each time i logon.

So i'm searching for a permanent solution (not anything like a net-use-bat-file)

FYI: the network drive isn't listen in disk management so i can't simply remove the drive letter.

A guy with a very similar question can be found here: http://www.technologyquestions.com/technology/windows-vista/473176-printer-mapped-drive.html

I'm using windows 7 ultimate x64 And the printer (although i think it's irrelevant) is a hp officejet 7310 AIO

Any help is deeply appreciated!

Regards.

Answer 1

Connect the printer to your network, use a browser pointed to it's IP address to log in (You can get that by having it print a configuration page, see it's manual). There may be a setting to get it to stop claiming a drive letter.

I'd start there.