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GPO's to publish printers to OU's in Active Directory that we have split up into rooms.<br />
We use the pushprinterconnection.exe described here: <a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc722179(WS.10).aspx" rel="ugc">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc722179(WS.10).aspx</a>
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GPO's to publish printers to OU's in Active Directory that we have split up into rooms.
We use the pushprinterconnection.exe described here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc722179(WS.10).aspx [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc722179(WS.10).aspx]

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Hello Experts,<br />
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&nbsp;I feel like I may be missing something on network printers. I have a decent size enviroment with multiple sites. I want to be able to manage printers, possibly add them automatically to users. &nbsp;What control do I have of printers with Group Policy.<br />
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Any tips or hints on managing printers and automating end user configuration will be appreciated.
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Hello Experts,

 I feel like I may be missing something on network printers. I have a decent size enviroment with multiple sites. I want to be able to manage printers, possibly add them automatically to users.  What control do I have of printers with Group Policy.

Any tips or hints on managing printers and automating end user configuration will be appreciated.

Managing Printers with GP

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Printers and Scanners

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Active Directory

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