How to add printers via Group Policy?

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From: Brad Rossiter (BradRossiter_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/06/04 

Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 14:17:07 -0800

Ok, I've done this a million ways (installed printers to desktops) including
login script methods. However, what is the correct way to install printers
in a Windows Server 2003 environment? Assume 10 locations each with a print
server and ~2000 users.

My latest theory is to use group policies to run kixtart scripts (via the
login script part of the group policy) to install printers. This would be
seperated from my logon script group policy. But I'm trying to figure out
why to even bother with group policies at all since I can flatten the whole
thing out into one Kix script and just add users to 'site' security groups to
do the same thing as a much more complicated group policy setup.

Why isn't there a Group Policy setting to add printers to workstations (such
as how you can add several scripts to a login script group policy)? Or am I
just missing something huge?

Thanks,
Brad

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