Server 2003 printing setup

[Bill Bradley]

I have to move about 350 printers from Novell to a Server 2003 cluster.
They're all HP, and, I assumed I could just use Web JetAdmin 7.8x, but...it
doesn't seem to be able to install the printers on the virtual server and
spooler, but, rather on the physical node.

So...facing a daunting task, is there a semi-automated way to install these,
rather than have to do them one-by-one?

Thanks.

 

[Alan Morris\(MSFT\)]

You can install them to the node or any stand alone server, then use print
migrator make an image of the Windows server, then install them on the
cluster.

If you are using HP standard port you will need to install that on both
nodes.

http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsServer2003/techinfo/overview/printmigrator3.1.mspx

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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 Bradley]

That's an idea, thanks. Any way to automate this?

Thanks.

You can install them to the node or any stand alone server, then use print
migrator make an image of the Windows server, then install them on the
cluster.

If you are using HP standard port you will need to install that on both
nodes.

http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsServer2003/techinfo/overview/printmigrator3.1.mspx

--
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.

I have to move about 350 printers from Novell to a Server 2003 cluster.
They're all HP, and, I assumed I could just use Web JetAdmin 7.8x,
but...it doesn't seem to be able to install the printers on the virtual
server and spooler, but, rather on the physical node.

So...facing a daunting task, is there a semi-automated way to install
these, rather than have to do them one-by-one?

Thanks.

 

[Alan Morris\(MSFT\)]

printmig will take command line arguments. Not sure how to use the HP
tools.

Microsoft (R) Windows (TM) Printer Migrator 3.1
Copyright (C) 1997-2002 Microsoft Corp. All rights reserved

usage: PRINTMIG [options] [server]
[-?] Display this message
[-b] Backup - followed by CAB file name
[-r] Restore - followed by CAB file name
[-l] Attempt to convert LPR Ports to SPM
[-i] Suppress warning popups. Info still written to log file.

If server is not specified then the local machine is implied.

Example command line to restore an existing config to a server:
printmig -r d:\print\ps1.cab \\prt-srvr1

Example command line to backup a server to the specified file:
printmig -b "\\filesrv\store\print server 2.cab" \\prt-srvr2




--
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.

That's an idea, thanks. Any way to automate this?

Thanks.

You can install them to the node or any stand alone server, then use
print migrator make an image of the Windows server, then install them on
the cluster.

If you are using HP standard port you will need to install that on both
nodes.

http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsServer2003/techinfo/overview/printmigrator3.1.mspx

--
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.

I have to move about 350 printers from Novell to a Server 2003 cluster.
They're all HP, and, I assumed I could just use Web JetAdmin 7.8x,
but...it doesn't seem to be able to install the printers on the virtual
server and spooler, but, rather on the physical node.

So...facing a daunting task, is there a semi-automated way to install
these, rather than have to do them one-by-one?

Thanks.