add printer at login

[Alan Auld]

I would like to set a group policy that maps printers. Is this possible
through GP? I know you and restrict access, and publish printers in the
active directory, but i'd like to see the appropriate printer show up in the
user's printer folder when they log in.

Alan

 

[Simon Geary]

There are several different tools and scripting methods you can use to do
this, but this is my favourite which can be assigned to a Group Policy logon
script. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/189105

 

[Guest]

Hi,

Printers are setup via Users Profile. Therefore they "roam" with the User.
There are multiple ways to do this. Personally I perfer to use BAT files and
set them as logon scripts in Group Policy. I actually do them as Startup
Scripts with my Computers as well as my users don't have "write" access to
install the printer files the first time.

This is the batch file I use. The first line installs and the second sets
the Default. If you want the full extent of what it can do then type
rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /? at the command line.

~start batch~

rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /q /n "\\Server\printer"
rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /y /n "\\Server\printer"

~end batch~

Cheers,

Lara

 

[Bruce Sanderson]

You can also add a printer "globally" on a computer so it is available to
anyone that logs on. See
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/NetPrinterAllUsers.htm/