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I am trying to deploy a network printer from my DC to my users. This is what I have done so far:

  • Created a GPO: Named: Deploy printer
  • login script has: pushprinterconnections.exe
  • I have linked that GPO to a test OU that has both a test computer, and another OU with the user that I use to log to that computer.
  • Enforced = No
  • Link Enabled = Yes
  • The security filtering is : Authenticated Users

However, no matter how long I wait after I log to the test machine, the printer is NOT getting deployed.

What am I missing in the procedure please?

Saariko
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Real good run down:

To install printers to groups of users or computers by using Group Policy

1. Open the Administrative Tools folder, and then double-click Print Management.

2. In the Print Management tree, under the appropriate print server, click Printers.

3. In the results pane, right-click the printer you want to deploy, and then click Deploy with Group Policy.

4. In the Deploy with Group Policy dialog box, click Browse, and then choose a Group Policy object.

5. Click OK.

6. To assign the printer connection setting to the GPO, do one or both of the following: As a per-user setting, select the The users that this GPO applies to (per user) check box.

As a per-machine setting, select the The computers that this GPO applies to (per machine) check box.

7. Click Add.

8. Repeat steps 3 to 6 to add the printer connection setting to another GPO.

9. Click OK.

To use the PushPrinterConnections.exe file

1. Using Group Policy Management console (gpmc.msc), right-click the GPO with your printer connections settings, and then click Edit.

2. In the Group Policy Object Editor tree, navigate to one following locations: If the printer connections are deployed per-machine, go to Computer Configuration, Windows Settings, Scripts (Startup/Shutdown).

If the printer connections are deployed per-user, go to User Configuration, Windows Settings, Scripts (Logon/Logoff).

3. Right-click Startup or Logon, and then click Properties.

4. In the Logon Properties or Startup Properties dialog box, click Show Files.

5. Copy the PushPrinterConnections.exe file to this location and then close the window.

6. In the Logon Properties or Startup Properties dialog box, click Add.

7. Type PushPrinterConnections.exe in the Script Name box.

8. If you want to enable logging, type –log in the Script Parameters box. Log files are written to %windir%\temp\ppcMachine.log (for per-computer connections) and %temp%\ppcUser.log (for per-user connections) on the computer on which the policy is applied.

9. Click OK.

Nixphoe
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