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Deploying Microsoft IPP Printing

Alright experts I need some advice and possibly some scripting help. I currently have around 200 machines using Novell NDS printing. We are in the process of migrating to the Microsoft IPP solution but I need help with the deployment and I really don't want to do this manually. We have a print server with Windows Server 2003 R2, and all the clients are XP. I've read that you can deploy the printers through group policy, however the with the way the OU's are setup this is an impracticle solution. I need to be able to deploy the printers dependant on location or a group. So here's the question, does anybody know a way to:
First: Delete the existing NDS printers from the machine.
Second: Deploy the new Microsoft IPP printers dependant on group or location
Third: Once the printer is deployed set the default for each particular group.

I figure a script could probably do all of this, but I am very inexperienced in scripting.
Thanks,
Kris

JjcampNR

When you say group, do you mean OU in active directory, security group, or something else? As for location, I assume you mean physical location of the PC - this isn't really useful from a scripting point of view. I should be able to provide you with a script once you let me know what you mean by group.

kjmeldrum

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Hi,
I'm refering to a security group. Due to the OU structure we have it would be impossible to split up via OU so I'm forced to use security groups instead.
Thanks

JjcampNR

OK, I'll try and get you a sample tonight or early tomorrow - I have a script I typically use on my home machine and need to grab it for you.

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