Active Directory/Documentation/Mapping Printers

Mapping printers to domained Windows machines via Group Policy Preferences

Adding a shared printer from a Windows Print Server

• Open Group Policy Management, edit the policy you wish to use for mapping the printer
• User Configuration -> Preferences -> Control Panel Settings -> Printers
• Right-click on Printers and select New -> Shared Printer

• Set Action
  • Create: Creates a new shared printer. If there is an existing printer with the same name, it will do nothing.
  • Replace: Deletes and re-creates an existing shared printer. If the shared printer does not exist, it will create it.
  • Update: Modifies an existing shared printer. Similar to Replace, but this option will only update settings that are defined by the Policy Preference. If the shared printer does not exist, it will create it.

• Manually give path (\\SERVER\queue) for the shared printer, or click on "..." to browse the Directory for the printer.
  • Additional options here to set this shared printer as the default

• Option to map shared printer to a local port on the computer
  • <why you'd do this>

• Common tab Options
  • Stop processing if error occurs: <info>
  • Run in logged-on user's security context: <info>
  • Remove this item when is is no longer applied <info, apparently you need to use the Replace option to do this>
  • Apply once and do not re-apply: <info>
  • Item-level targeting: <info>

• Once finished, hit OK. Gpupdate and restart machines affected by policy.