How to add printer with GP

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David Reed

Does anyone know how I can use a GP to add a new network printer to
everyone's computer?

We are using a Windows 2000 network, with AD, and all my clients are Win2k
Pro. I have a new network printer attached via an HP JetDirect (tested and
working).

Thanks,

David
 
I don't believe you can directly add a printer using a
GPO. You could create a logon script that would add the
printer for your users and then you could use the GPO to
run the script when the users log on.
 
Have you by chance written a login script for that, or have a sample
available?

Regards,

David
 
Here is a very simple user logon script to add a shared network printer,
just put it in a .BAT file.

rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /n \\<ServerName>\ShareName

This is what I use on our W2K/XP pc's to setup network printers when a user
logs on.

Philip Nunn
 
I tried that, and it's working great.

Is it okay to leave it there all the time in the login.bat script, in all
users, so it's always there when they log in? It won't cause any problems
by trying to "install" it every time, even if it's already installed, will
it?

David
 
create the following .BAT file user logon script

rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /n \\<ServerName\ShareName

I use this and it works great!

Philip Nunn
 
Policy Maker Professional adds a tcp/ip and shared printer configuration
extension to Group Policy, as well as ten others. Works just like policy
extensions that ship with Windows, point-and-click, right inside of the
GPOE.

Logon scripts work if the user has permissions to install printers and
drivers, however these don't report via RSoP and don't support several other
policy features. Interestingly script policy is really little more than
setting registry values to launch scripts - the scripts themselves are not
really part of Group Policy.

Regards,

Eric Voskuil
Policy Maker
http://www.autoprof.com/policy
 
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