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<a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_5105873_delete-printer-active-directory.html" rel="ugc">http://www.ehow.com/how_5105873_delete-printer-active-directory.html</a><br />
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IanTh,<br />
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When I follow those steps, there is no option to &quot;Remove from Directory&quot; like there is with the rest of my Printers.<br />
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Any other ideas?
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I have also deleted the printer, and tried recreating it on the workstation, as soon as the workstation discovers the printer, again, I have not configured any sharing etc, the printer shows up again in the directory.
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I performed another test, I removed the printer entirely from the workstation in question, waited 15 minutes for AD replication (then in fact forced replication and waited another 5) and the Printer still appeared in the list!
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check the server logs to see whet happens when the printer is found again 
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Hello,<br />
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I am having a problem with a few printers listing in Active Directory, that are not actually being shared. &nbsp;I'm wondering if there is a way that I can manually clean-up Active Directory to remove these unwanted printers?<br />
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Thanks in advance
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Hello,

I am having a problem with a few printers listing in Active Directory, that are not actually being shared.  I'm wondering if there is a way that I can manually clean-up Active Directory to remove these unwanted printers?

Thanks in advance

see
http://www.ehow.com/how_5105873_delete-printer-active-directory.html

hope it helps

IanTh,

When I follow those steps, there is no option to &quot;Remove from Directory&quot; like there is with the rest of my Printers.

Any other ideas?

I have also deleted the printer, and tried recreating it on the workstation, as soon as the workstation discovers the printer, again, I have not configured any sharing etc, the printer shows up again in the directory.

I performed another test, I removed the printer entirely from the workstation in question, waited 15 minutes for AD replication (then in fact forced replication and waited another 5) and the Printer still appeared in the list!

check the server logs to see whet happens when the printer is found again 

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Unwanted Printers Listed in Active Directory

Hello,

I am having a problem with a few printers listing in Active Directory, that are not actually being shared.  I&#39;m wondering if there is a way that I can manually clean-up Active Directory to remove these unwanted printers?

Thanks in advance

A printer is a peripheral which makes a persistent human readable representation of graphics or text on paper or similar physical media. Traditional printers are being used more for special purposes, like printing photographs or artwork, and are no longer a must-have peripheral; 3D printing has become an area of intense interest, allowing the creation of physical objects. An image scanner is a device that optically scans images, printed text, handwriting, or an object, and converts it to a digital image. Hand-held scanners, where the device is moved by hand, have evolved from text scanning "wands" to 3D scanners used for industrial design, reverse engineering, test and measurement, orthotics, gaming and other applications.

Printers and Scanners

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