******Install a network printer

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I am not aware of this. But the following policies may be useful to you.

User Config\Administrative Templates\Control Panel\Printers\

Default Active Directory path when searching for printers
"Specifies the Active Directory location where searches for printers begin.
The Add Printer Wizard gives users the option of searching Active Directory
for a shared printer. If you enable this setting, these searches begin at the
location you specify in the Default Active Directory path box. Otherwise,
searches begin at the root of Active Directory. This setting only provides a
starting point for Active Directory searches for printers. It does not
restrict user searches through Active Directory."

Browse the network to find printers
"Allows users to use the Add Printer Wizard to search the network for shared
printers. If you enable this setting or do not configure it, when users
choose to add a network printer by selecting the A network printer, or a
printer attached to another computer radio button on Add Printer Wizard's
page 2, and also check the Connect to this printer (or to browse for a
printer, select this option and click Next) radio button on Add Printer
Wizard's page 3, and do not specify a printer name in the adjacent Name edit
box, then Add Printer Wizard displays the list of shared printers on the
network and invites to choose a printer from the shown list. If you disable
this setting, the network printer browse page is removed from within the Add
Printer Wizard, and users cannot search the network but must type a printer
name. Note: This setting affects the Add Printer Wizard only. It does not
prevent users from using other programs to search for shared printers or to
connect to network printers."

BR,
Denis
 
You can use WMI scripting...

Save this to file with a VBS extension then on your command prompt

type in c:\Cscript {filename.vbs}

then there you go, you just created a printer object. You can trigger this
one via GPO
 
Thanks Gcorpuz. Do you think the script will be excuted and printer will be
created again whenever users log on if using GPO? I'll give it a try.
 
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