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Printing: LPT redirection vs printing directly to print servers.

Asked by grantp in Windows NT Operating System

Tags: printer

Hi all, here's a printer question for experts:
SCENARIO::
We have an enterprise network of 11,000 users and 5,000 desktops spread over 360 sites nationwide.
All the workstations are Windows NT 4. All servers are OS/2 Warp.
Currently when a user logs on a script runs which assigns a logical printer port (i.e. LPT 2) to the OS/2 print queue (i.e..\\local server\print queue). Hence all printer drivers and printers are installed locally. A user prints to their local printer and this gets printed to the logical port which is directed to the print queue.
All printers have network cards or jet direct boxes.
We are migrating all OS/2 Servers (360 of them) to NT 4.0 Server SP6. I'm considering whether or not to change this current printer architecture.
We've had Microsoft Consulting Services in and they suggested we consider using the CON2PRT.EXE utility to create printers for the users and connect them directly to an NT 4 printer shared on the server using the UNC path, when the users log in each time.
I know quite a bit about NT and networking in general but haven't done a lot with NT printing recently.
QUESTION:
1. Are there any problems connecting printers in this manner? IE Do older applications have problems with this sort of printing or is this completely transparent to the apps?
2. How would I configure this on the server. Would I need to install each printer that the NT print server will manage, and share them on the server? IE SITE 1 has four printers, 2 HP's and 2 Lexmarks, therefore I install these four printers and drivers on the server and share them. I then use the CON2PRT.EXE utility to create printer connections that print directly to the print server.
3. There are about 15 different printer types in the organization. I'm creating a standard image for each server so what I propose to do is install these 15 printers on every server. Even though each site only has 2 or so printers this standard image would allow for each printer. Does this sound reasonable?
4. What does Lexmarks Markvision software do. How could I use this in the new scenario?
CAN YOU PLEASE REPLY TO THIS E-MAIL AS A COMMENT WITH YOUR THOUGHTS, IDEAS AND SUGGESTIONS. I'M LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WITH FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE TO DRAW ON THERE KNOWLEDGE. I'LL AWARD THE POINTS TO THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE COMMENTS.
Thanks in advance.
Pete G
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Printing: LPT redirection vs printing directly to print servers.

Asked by grantp in Windows NT Operating System

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