Re: Printer not publishing in Directory?

Great.

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I hope that the information above helps you.
Have a Nice day.

Jorge Silva
MCSE, MVP Directory Services
"Chris Lukowski" <ChrisLukowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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W00t!!! That did it. Here's the solution for all to see:

The spooler checks if the printers are in the AD only at init time or if
defined by policy. Unpublish and publish should do the trick but since it
is not set the policy to verify and publish periodically.

gpedit.msc


Computer Configuration
Administrative Templates
Printers
Check Published state


The spooler will verify the printers are published and if not "should"
publish them.


--All I had to do was enable that GP setting, restart the spooler, and
bang!
My missing printers appeared in the Directory!

"Jorge Silva" wrote:

Hi
check
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.win2000.printing/browse_thread/thread/613aea40906f5b74/74a865bf8ad5d27b?lnk=st&q=Printers+don%27t+show+in+Active+Directory&rnum=2&hl=en#74a865bf8ad5d27b


--
I hope that the information above helps you.
Have a Nice day.

Jorge Silva
MCSE, MVP Directory Services
"Chris Lukowski" <ChrisLukowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message
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I just added a new printer to our file and print server running Server
2003
R2. For some reason it's days later and it's still not listed in the
Directory. I even tried unchecking, applying, and rechecking and
applying
the
"List in Directory" box but that did nothing. The printer's share name
is
KyoceraPreticketing. Is there an unmentioned cap on name lengths that
could
be a problem here? This isn't the first time this has happened either.
We're
a small shop with only 2 or 3 DCs so I doubt replication is an issue.
Can
you
help me out because I'm stumped?





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