Printer deployment

[Guest Hinkhig]

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

[Guest Florian Frommherz [MVP]]

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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[Guest Hinkhig]

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

[Guest Florian Frommherz [MVP]]

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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[Guest Alan Morris [MSFT]]

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