Re: Can IP Printers be distributed with GP?
- From: Kurt <kurtl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 21:27:11 -0700
Flash3200 wrote:
We do not use a Print Server, instead all printers are installed
straight IP using DNS names (so if an IP of a printer has to change,
we don't have to reinstall). I'm wondering is there a way to use
Group Policy to deploy and install these printers to users without a
print server?
First of all, installing TCP/IP printers as local printers on each computer is FAR more overhead than using a print server. You can still use DNS names to install the printers locally on the print server, and use the DNS name of the print server when installing the printer on the workstations. Also, you'll eliminate local timeouts, re-prints and all the hassle that goes with jobs timing out locally while waiting for other local print jobs from other users to finish (a print server will queue them up and print them in order).
OK, enough spewing. You can do almost anything with a fancy enough script, and any script can be assigned from group policy. To my knowledge, there are no group policy settings for installing local printers (by definition, a TCP/IP printer installed locally is a local printer. A shared printer is a network printer).
....kurt
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