Re: GPO for printers



"" wrote:
> I manage an active directory for a small school of about 200
> students.
> Clients use xp, DC's run 2003 std.
>
> I want the students to be able to sit at any workstation, log
> on to their
> account and have their printers available at any computer they
> use. Is
> there any way, a gpo or something to have their printers show
> up wherever
> they log on. The printers are either shared on a print server
> or have an HP
> Jet Direct card with their own IP address.
>
> Thanks.

The (shared) printer connections are user based and are stored in the
user profile. This is true for printer connection created by the
user/student. If you want these to be available you could use roaming
profiles so the students always use their same profile.

Do you mean: is there a way to distribute printer connections to the
students using a GPO? If that is your question you will need to wait
until Windows Server 2003 R2 has been released and then use the Print
Management Console (PMC)

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