Using printmig 3.1 or the print console, I've been really successful with this process given that I have compatible drivers for the printer (i.e., a single version of the driver certified for both versions of the OS).
But in every migration, there will be certain printers that just don't come across. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -----Original Message----- From: Michael Leone [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 10:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Problems importing printers from Win2003 to Win2008 On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 7:16 AM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Pick one printer to start with. OK ... > Make sure that the driver you have installed for that printer on the 2003 > server is ALSO compatible with 2008. Export it/import it. See if that works. I've tried importing drivers from 4 different print servers now, and NONE of them worked. I would get some drivers imported, but no printers/print queues. They always complained that they couldn't find a driver ... I will keep pounding at it ... I will try importing from a test machine with only one printer. ... Nope; still didn't work. I have a Xerox Pro 123. I installed twice, on a Win2003 32bit test source; once using the PS driver (which does not list Win2008 as a supported OS, but which I need, since I need to be able to include an account code with every print job), and the PPD driver (which *does* list Win2003 and Win2008 [both 32bit and 64bit] as supported) on the Win2003 32bit source. Once again, the drivers imported; the printers themselves did not. Granted, the PPD driver did not say Win2008 R2 64 bit as a supported OS, but still ... So from what I see, the Win2008 R2 printer migration feature is a total failure so far. :-( It can't seem to import any printer definitions at all, or at least none of the 7 dozen printers I have tried to import. What's the point of migrating, if it can't read any existing printer definitions and drivers? I might as well just install all the printers from scratch, and add 32bit drivers to each one, since just about every client will be 32bit, for the foreseeable future. I *must* be missing some simple concept, but I can't for the life of me figure out what .... ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
