Printer deployment

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Hi,

I have a problem with some printer. I deployed 3 printers on Windows 2k3 R2
using print management, it all worked fine printers were deployed. I have
subsequently had to replace a printer as it reached the end of it's life, I
have replaced the printer and deployed it OK however I am unable to remove
the old printer, in Print Management I have removed the printer but it still
appears on all desktops it was deployed to, if I delete the printers from the
PC they reappear.

Is there any way I can completely remove the printers so they do not install
themselves.

Thanks,
Jo
 
Re: Printer deployment

Howdie!

Hinkhig schrieb:
> I have a problem with some printer. I deployed 3 printers on Windows 2k3 R2
> using print management, it all worked fine printers were deployed. I have
> subsequently had to replace a printer as it reached the end of it's life, I
> have replaced the printer and deployed it OK however I am unable to remove
> the old printer, in Print Management I have removed the printer but it still
> appears on all desktops it was deployed to, if I delete the printers from the
> PC they reappear.

If I remember right, you need to run the wizard again to be able to
delete the printer. That was sort of an oddity, if I remember right.

cheers,

Florian
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Re: Printer deployment

Hi,

Thanks for the very quick response, I am a bit confussed this is the first
time I have used this and am not sure which wizard I need to run again.

Thanks
 
Re: Printer deployment

Howdie!

Hinkhig schrieb:
> Thanks for the very quick response, I am a bit confussed this is the first
> time I have used this and am not sure which wizard I need to run again.

Sorry, it's been a while when I last looked at that. I don't like the
Deployed Printer feature since it lacks basic functionality and doesn't
seem to work the way *I* (and a few others) think things should work.

It seems like you'd have to move the machines to an OU where a deployed
printer GPO is linked that only has the printers inside that you really
want - there's no cool "remove this" feature, really.

You could also go hack the registry and delete the corresponding regkey
that holds the connection data in the background. That should also
delete the connection.

I really encourage you to not use the Deployed Printer feature. Instead,
you may use some script magic with the printui.dll:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/techinfo/overview/printuidll.mspx
http://www.robvanderwoude.com/2kprintcontrol.html
or, if you don't like script, the new Group Policy Preferences which
comes with a cooler, working method to deploy printers.

cheers,

Florian
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Re: Printer deployment

Is the printer machine deployed or user deployed?


run the exe with logging enabled
pushprinterconnections.exe -log

send the contents of the log



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"Hinkhig" <Hinkhig@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1BD3CC55-1FD7-4BB9-B503-47D9D27DAF1D@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I have a problem with some printer. I deployed 3 printers on Windows 2k3
> R2
> using print management, it all worked fine printers were deployed. I have
> subsequently had to replace a printer as it reached the end of it's life,
> I
> have replaced the printer and deployed it OK however I am unable to remove
> the old printer, in Print Management I have removed the printer but it
> still
> appears on all desktops it was deployed to, if I delete the printers from
> the
> PC they reappear.
>
> Is there any way I can completely remove the printers so they do not
> install
> themselves.
>
> Thanks,
> Jo
 
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