Printers and OUs

[Dragonfly Dragonfly]

Hello All,

I have the following set-up.

The sites set out in the following manner:

Alpha
Alpha Printers (OU)
Alpha PCs (OU)
Alpha Users (OU)

Bravo
Bravo Printers (OU)
Bravo PCs (OU)
Bravo Users (OU)

Charlie
Charlie Printers (OU)
Charlie PCs (OU)
Charlie Users (OU)

Delta
Delta Printers (OU)
Delta PCs (OU)
Delta Users (OU)

I am keeping this as simple as possible, but it is far larger than this.

I am using DHCP and all PCs and Printers are logically named, i.e. PC-A001,
Print-A001.

My question is:

I would like, that when a PC in Alpha starts up or Logs on, all the Printers
in "Alpha Printer" OU are automatically added during this time, as some
Clients travel around the country and do not always know the names of the
printers in the buildings they are working in. I can then extend this to
all of our other sites.

Is there any way I can apply a policy to enforce this at the OU level, or
will I need to create groups and apply it there? I have searched several
Microsoft articles on this and have not found an answer yet.

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Please could you reply on here.

Thanking you for your time in advance.

Dragonfly

 

[steven]

i think this is what you want, this can be run as a batch
file at start up and adds the named printers to the
machine in question

rundll32
printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /u /z /n\\server\printer

command is all one line

hope this helps

 

[Dragonfly Dragonfly]

Steven,

I tried that for a few hours today and no joy. Where exactly do I add it in
plain English. I have an OU with all the printers from one build in there.

Is there a space between the /n\\server\printer ?
Would the following be correct?
/n TestZuluPrinter
or is there no space there?

A simple example would be great.

Another thing, when I do a search on the server for the folder "printer", it
is not found but a "printers" folder is - could this be part of the problem
too.

Thanks for your comments and help.