Another point is management of driver revisions across the life-cycle of the image, if the printer drivers are being installed by the Print Server as is normal route then there's no kick back to the image managers when the print guys replace a driver.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Daniel Ratliff Sent: 17 March 2014 18:09 To: [email protected] Subject: [mssms] RE: Installing printer drivers in your image? Good or bad? This will be used on all machines in the given environment, I was really just looking for justification for deploying via ConfigMgr as opposed to updating in the image and having to manage there. Daniel Ratliff From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark Mears Sent: Monday, March 17, 2014 1:46 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [mssms] RE: Installing printer drivers in your image? Good or bad? Part of the criteria I use for including something in the reference image is whether it will be installed on 100% of the machines being made from that image. If the answer is no, then it goes no further. No doesn't require an explanation, yes will need to be justified further and does not imply automatic inclusion. Thanks, Mark Mears [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]%0d> Phone: (757) 945-2651 <http://www.cireson.com/> <http://twitter.com/teamcireson> Check out our System Center App Store: www.cireson.com/app-store "Self Service Portal Unleashed!" Webinar | <https://vimeo.com/87792187> Watch it here. _____ From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Daniel Ratliff Sent: Monday, March 17, 2014 11:53 AM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [mssms] Installing printer drivers in your image? Good or bad? I am researching this topic and looking for opinions on whether this is a good idea or not. I always understood that printer drivers are just like device drivers, you don't want them in your image for risk of compatibility. Am I mistaken? The same logic applies as to why you don't build an image on physical hardware, always a VM? Daniel Ratliff The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain CONFIDENTIAL material. If you receive this material/information in error, please contact the sender and delete or destroy the material/information. The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain CONFIDENTIAL material. If you receive this material/information in error, please contact the sender and delete or destroy the material/information.
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