Print Server questions

[rogerpatel]

Hi, I'm planning a server replacement and need some assistance.

The server i need to repalce is a standard windows 2000 server and has around 15 printers.

I have installed the new server an used Printmig and copy the printers onto the new 2003 server.

Now my problem is i have around 200 xp pc's.

Do i need to visit every pc to delete the existing printers and reinstall them all or is there something else i can do.

Currently all the pcs have the printers installed manually but using the add printer not using logon script.

I understand this could be possible using a logon script by have no idea as to how ?

Thanks

 

[JCDugas]

Type this command at the command line:

RUNDLL32 PRINTUI.DLL,PrintUIEntry /?

This will allow you to add/remove printers from a login script for all your users.

 

[rogerpatel]

Fantastic, thanks for this

 

[MiniOrganMorgan]

If the share name doesn't change, check out

http://www.petri.co.il/changeprintsrv.htm

Used this and printmig many times!

 

[rogerpatel]

The server name will be changing however the pritner share name will stay the same, will this tool still work. Dam this could save me so much time.

 

[porkchopexpress]

Here is a snippet from MarkDmac's logon script, this will delete all printers at logon and then add the new one. The script has many more features as well and is worth a look.

faq329-5798

ON ERROR RESUME NEXT

Dim WSHShell, WSHNetwork, objDomain, DomainString, UserString, UserObj, Path


Set WSHShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set WSHNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network")

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'Remove ALL old printers
'Enumerate all printers first, after that you can select the printers you want by performing some string checks
Set WSHPrinters = WSHNetwork.EnumPrinterConnections
For LOOP_COUNTER = 0 To WSHPrinters.Count - 1 Step 2
'To remove only networked printers use this If Statement
    If Left(WSHPrinters.Item(LOOP_COUNTER +1),2) = "\\" Then
      WSHNetwork.RemovePrinterConnection WSHPrinters.Item(LOOP_COUNTER +1),True,True
    End If
'To remove all printers incuding LOCAL printers use this statement and comment out the If Statement above
'WSHNetwork.RemovePrinterConnection WSHPrinters.Item(LOOP_COUNTER +1),True,True
Next

'Remove a specific printer
WSHNetwork.RemovePrinterConnection "\\ServerOld\HP5si",True,True


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'Install Printers
WSHNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\Server\HP5si"


'Clean Up Memory We Used

set WSHNetwork = Nothing
set WSHSHell = Nothing
Set WSHPrinters = Nothing
  

'Quit the Script
wscript.quit

You know what Jack Burton always says at a time like this...