Active Directory Printers

[Morley Lee]

Does any one know how to publish printers in active directory Windows 2003
network so that they automatically get installed on a workstation (windows
XP or windows 2000)? I just don't want to have to add all printers on every
pc.

Thanks in advance,
Morley

 

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Does any one know how to publish printers in active directory Windows 2003
network so that they automatically get installed on a workstation (windows
XP or windows 2000)? I just don't want to have to add all printers on every
pc.

you can connect the printers to the clients with the "con2prt.exe" tool.
You can combine this tool with a logon script.

The next possibility is to use rundll.exe printui.dll

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;189105&x=22&y=11
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;181663&x=11&y=8

 

[Alan Morris [MSFT]]

The printers don't have to be published to use Deployed Printer Connection
policy.

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Windo...9b35-4e3e-a344-90d7799927231033.mspx?mfr=true

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Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
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The printers don't have to be published to use Deployed Printer Connection
policy.

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Windo...9b35-4e3e-a344-90d7799927231033.mspx?mfr=true

i know Alan, but the poster wrote 2003 not 2003 R2.

 

[Bill Stewart]

The printers don't have to be published to use Deployed Printer Connection
policy.

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Windo...9b35-4e3e-a344-90d7799927231033.mspx?mfr=true

Hi Alan,

FYI, that page contains an error:

"Only per-user printer connections are supported on computers running
Windows 2000. Per-machine printer connections are supported on computers
running Windows XP or later."

Per-machine printers work on Windows 2000 as well.

 

[Alan Morris [MSFT]]

Not when using GPOs to deploy the printer connections. The spooler supports
these but the group policy API's used to retrieve the connection information
don't support this.

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Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
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http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto

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[Bill Stewart]

Not when using GPOs to deploy the printer connections. The spooler supports
these but the group policy API's used to retrieve the connection information
don't support this.

Ah. IMO, the paragraph should say this, instead of saying what it says now.

 

[Alan Morris [MSFT]]

I looked at the reference you linked. It does state this currently.

Note:
Only per-user printer connections are supported on computers running
Windows 2000. Per-machine printer connections are supported on computers
running Windows XP or later.



--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

 

[Bill Stewart]

I looked at the reference you linked. It does state this currently.

Note:
Only per-user printer connections are supported on computers running
Windows 2000. Per-machine printer connections are supported on computers
running Windows XP or later.

My point is that I think that the reference is incomplete and/or
misleading. It should say something like this:

"Publishing per-machine printers via GPOs works only on computers
running Windows XP or later."

I understand that the help topic is talking about GPOs, but it implies
that per-machine printers don't work at all on Windows 2000, which is
incorrect.