One approach that works well is to define a naming schema for your printer location field. The naming schema can be completely independent from your AD OU structure.
Once you have the naming schema in place and deployed, you can do clever things like pre-populated location field for printer searches. It requires that your subnets registrations in AD also use the same naming schema for location, in combination with certain Group Policy settings. For more information on this see the following info from Microsoft. http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/technologies/fileandprint/print/addeploy.asp I can also (without any hint of bias or partiality) recommend this Windows &.NET Magazine article: http://www.winnetmag.com/Windows/Articles/ArticleID/41104/pg/2/2.html Tony ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- Wrom: HDMNNSKVFVWRKJVZCMHVIBGDADRZFSQHYUCDDJB Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 11:49:39 -0600 (MDT) Hi guys, I was just having an interesting chat with one of our customers, and he raised a very good question.. :-) They are a global organization, and consequently have thousands of printers, in hundreds of locations. Today, there is just a flat namespace (I think it's just built into AD) to enumerate printers. We were wondering what could be done to rearrange printers, so that they appear in a structured directory -- perhaps with top level OUs representing regions or countries, mid-level OUs cities, low-level OUs buildings, lower-level OUs floors, etc., to make it easier for traveling users to find and connect to a nearby printer. My question to you guys is -- what if anything are you doing to organize printers in AD? Do you let users browse for and attach to new printers, especially as they travel within the organization? Do you simply use a flat namespace and preconfigure workstations with the most likely printer in the vicinity of the user's assigned workspace? Inquiring minds want to know! :-) Thanks, -- Idan List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at mail.activedir.org List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
