Flash3200 said:
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
