Default User & Printers

[Guest]

I am trying to use the Default User, first via a customized install CD, and
then via the domain logon script folder, to automate some new machine
installs. We have 7 physical printers in house, and 6 of them have two
variations of settings (post script and non-PS, double sided/stapled and not,
etc. 13 printers to set up in all, for each of 30 users. And no time to do
it.
Even though the shared printer on the server is configured correctly, when
adding a printer on the client, only default settings come over. Thus, I had
hoped to build all the printers in the Default User, so when new users are
created based on that template, they would have all their printers done.
Unfortunately, I can't get anything to stick. even on a machine with printers
set up, I see nothing in the Printhood folder (or the Nethood folder for that
matter), and new users based on the Default User have no printers.

Anyone have any suggestions, even going down a totally different road (with
the exception of WMI, which I would not be able to learn before next weeks
roll-out).

Best,
Gordon

 

[Hunter1]

If you're setting up all the printers under a certain profile, and
setting up the rest of the look and feel how you want it, and are then
using your profile manager to copy that profile over the top of the
default user profile it should all work fine, any newly created profile
will pick up those settings.

If you want a way of installing network printers across all existing
profiles I do have a commandline for that, will dig it up from work
today and post it tonight.