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PrinterLogic Web Stack has a simple web-based deployment console that eliminates the need to use GPO at all. If you want to bypass the problems of deploying printers via group policy entirely, an alternative would be using a third-party utility such as PrinterLogic Web Stack (formerly Printer Installer). will cause the deployment to fail even if all of the settings are correct.

ItвЂ™s a simple concept, but having even a single character off in theВ print server name,В printer share name, etc.

#GROUP POLICY NOT WORKING HOW TO#

Learn how to eliminate your problems with GPOвЂ™s by eliminating your print servers. Deploying a printer will fail if the appropriate driver for the printer canвЂ™t be found.

#GROUP POLICY NOT WORKING DRIVERS#

Both the 32-bit and 64-bit drivers must have the exact same name for them to associate properly. When deploying a printer to an OS that is a different architecture than the print server (such as 32-bit Windows 7 connecting to a 64-bit Windows Server 2008 R2 print server), make sure the correct drivers are installed on the print server.

Linking a User GPP to an OU that only contains computers, or vice versa,В will have no effect. If you are deploying a printer using Computer Group Policy Preferences, the linked OU should instead contain computers that need to have the printer installed. If you are deploying a printer using UserВ Group Policy Preferences, the linked OU should containВ users that need toВ have the printer installed.

Unless you want to restrict these settings to a particular set of print servers, uncheck вЂњUsers can only point and print to these serversвЂќ and вЂњUsers can only point and print to machines in their forestвЂќДЄnother reason printers might not be deployed properly is if the linked OU does not match the policy type.

SetВ вЂњWhen updatingВ drivers for an existing connectionвЂќ to вЂњDo not show warning or elevation promptвЂќ.

Set вЂњWhen installing drivers for a new connectionвЂќ to вЂњDo not show warning or elevation promptвЂќ.

You will need to modify the following settings at a minimum: This is the easiest and fastest method, but doesnвЂ™t allow for granular control over which print servers can be connected to. This should be configured in one of two ways:

This setting can be configured under Computer Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > Printers. This will commonly result in users not being able to download drivers from print servers. One common problem is due to the Point and Print Restrictions policy not being configured correctly.

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