Re: Easy method to deloy printer drivers to PC's using GP

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anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 08/09/04 

Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 12:36:15 -0700

Jerry,

Thank you for replying. I have been to your site several
times and it has been very helpful. I appreciate the
links. However, the project I am working on is really
a "lockdown" of the desktops using group policy. Along
with I am trying to make administration a little bit
easier. I am ghosting the desktops with custom
images....as a part of this...I'd like to assign specific
printers to specific users. There should be a way to have
the printer push down to the client desktops as soon as
the users logs in for the first time. If for some reason
the printer is lost during use of the client desktop....I
should be able to push the printer back to the desktop.

I guess I could create an image with the printers already
installed, however I am just thinking of other ways.
Trying to save myself from going around to each desktop
to install printers invidually.

Thanks again.

- Ali
ali_mo@yahoo.com

>-----Original Message-----
>On Fri, 6 Aug 2004 08:57:25 -0700, "Ali Shah"
<ali_mo@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>I am not sure if I am on the right track. I would like
to
>>find an easy method to deploy printers to desktop
clients
>>(running XP). Instead of manually going around 2 each
>>desktop and installing drivers....I would like
to "push"
>>the drivers down the desktop. Should I use group policy
>>to do this? Should I just ghost the drivers - pre-
>>installed? We arent talking a huge number of printers
>>and/or a HUGE number of desktop clients. Just trying to
>>make admin easier.
>>
>>Any other suggestions, tips, or expertise is greatly
>>appreciated!!
>>
>>Thank you.
>>
>>- Ali
>>
>>ali_mo@yahoo.com
>
>
>If you load the drivers to the printer server, they are
auto-deployed when the
>user attempts to print. To add additional drivers, on
the Sharing tab, click
>Additional Drivers.
>
>
>See the following tips in the 'Tips & Tricks' at
http://www.jsiinc.com
>Tip 5108 » How do I install a print driver, for a remote
printer, locally?
>Tip 5112. Mis-named print driver prevents downlevel
clients from using Point and
>Print? 4
>Tip 2433. How do I obtain downlevel print drivers for my
Windows 2000
>Professional 'print server'? 3
> Tip 5930. How do you install downlevel print drivers on
Windows 2000
>Professional if you don't have the Windows 2000 Server
CD-ROM?
>Tip 4622 » Why am I prompted for the installation path
of additional print
>drivers in Windows XP?
>
>
>Jerold Schulman
>Windows: General MVP
>JSI, Inc.
>http://www.jsiinc.com
>.
>

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