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1. #Deploy sharp printers through group policy how to
2. #Deploy sharp printers through group policy install
3. #Deploy sharp printers through group policy update

You must choose a print processor that is already installed on the workstations. The workstation uses the shared printer for its initial settings, including the print processor. This will bring up the print processors available for use on this printer. Go to the Advanced tab of the Printer Properties and click on the Print Processor button at the bottom.

#Deploy sharp printers through group policy install

Once you create the port and install the printer, there is one other setting to check.

#Deploy sharp printers through group policy update

If the IP address ever changes, the Update or Replace properties of the preference should change the IP address of the port deployed on the workstations, but I must admit that I have not tested this theory. However, I have found that GP Preferences will create the workstation ports using the IP address instead of the FQDN – even if you enter the FQDN. I prefer to use DNS FQDN for the printer port in case I ever need to change the IP address later.

#Deploy sharp printers through group policy how to

I assume you know how to install and share a printer so I will only cover a couple of key points. Once the printer is installed you can even turn off the server and still print. This seems counter-productive since we are trying to get away from shared printers, but this share is used as a deployment point for the driver and printer settings and is not required for printing. A better way was introduced with Group Policy Preferences, and that is the ability to deploy TCP/IP printers to the computers directly.īut first, we need to install and share the printer on a server. If you have HP printers, you can use the HP Universal Print driver and have the users search for and add printers, but that requires user intervention. Users cannot add local printers or create TCP/IP ports without granting them way too many rights. Besides, why burden a server with print processing when you have all these workstations scattered around with spare clock cycles that could do their own printing? That server reboots or the queue locks up and nobody can print. Personally, I don’t like shared printers because of the single point of failure of the print server. It was possible to deploy printers to clients using the print manager or group policy prior to GP Preferences, but it was only possible to deploy shared printers. Deploying TCP/IP Printers with Group Policy Preferences