Managing network printers

[jfc1003]

In our facility, we have a lot of people that roam from machine to machine based on their assigned duties for the day. I need a way to assign a printer to a computer, not to specific users or groups. A local printer obviously does that, but my dilema is that I have 300 PCs out there and when a driver update comes out or I need to change models, I have to go to each machine that is affected and make the changes. It would be so much nicer to be able to make the change on the print server and be done. I don't want each user to have to go add a printer the first time the log on to a machine. They struggle enough just to remember their password....

Does group policy have a way to do this? Or are there other suggestions out there?

 

[minxca]

use login script, google kixtart and search the login script for assign printer

 

[ubby1]

1. AD user account properties -profile tab - logon - script to activate a batch file(do this for all users). The batch file calls a a kix script in the netlogon folder of the DC.

2. Kix start script to include case statement if member of group the printer server is and printer is etc.

3. Setup using con2prt.exe to assign the printer to user.

In a nutshell.

 

[porkchopexpress]

Take a look at Markdmac's logon script there is a section in there on mapping printers it also maps drives and a whole list of other features, VB scripts are reliable and the way ahead.

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