RE: [ActiveDir] AD / Printers

[gerry rachar]

I use VBscripts in the All Users startup folders that are shortcuts to the scripts on the print server. I look after two high schools so I want the printing based on the computer not the user. The printer for the computer are installed on logon and are released on log off. When I need to make a change I change one script.

 

Set objNetwork = CreateObject("Wscript.Network")
objNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\YourServer\YourPrinter"
objNetwork.SetDefaultPrinter "\\YourServer\YourPrinter"

 

This seems to work well in the schools. If you wanted to make the printers user specific you could do it with group policy and still only modify one script.

 

Ger

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rimmerman, Russ
Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 4:44 PM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] AD / Printers

We're going through this now.  We're renaming our print servers to conform to our new AD naming standard, so obviously all our print queues break.  I used prnadmin.dll which comes with the Win2k resource kit, and the prnadmin.vbs that comes with it, and wrote a Winbatch script to call and register.  Basically it reads in all the print queues on the desktop, exports it to a txt file, does a search and replace for old print server->new print server, and exports it to a .bat file that it then executes which uses prnadmin.dll to add all the printers back in pointing to the new print server.  Works pretty well...

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Mike Hogenauer
Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 6:09 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [ActiveDir] AD / Printers

Is there an easy way to move printers off one server to another in AD without users having to remap?

 

Thanks

 

Mike

 

 

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