SOLVED RE: Deploying Printers in Group Policy not working for non-admins

2012-09-05 Thread Matthew W. Ross
I finally figured it out. I figured that I'd share: I was sorting my labs AD Computers into OUs. I then assigned a blank group policy for the printers on that OU. Using the Printer Manager, I installed the printers and drivers as a TCP/IP printer on my print server. I then used the Deploy

Re: SOLVED RE: Deploying Printers in Group Policy not working for non-admins

2012-09-05 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Drivers would be available via the ADMIN$ share of the machine, I would expect. Thanks for the follow-up. Much appreciated. http://xkcd.com/979/ * * *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 3:52 AM, Matthew

RE: SOLVED RE: Deploying Printers in Group Policy not working for non-admins

2012-09-05 Thread David Lum
Thanks for this! -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2012 12:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: SOLVED RE: Deploying Printers in Group Policy not working for non-admins I finally figured it out. I figured that

Re: SOLVED RE: Deploying Printers in Group Policy not working for non-admins

2012-09-05 Thread Matthew W. Ross
Drivers would be available via the ADMIN$ share of the machine, I would expect. Okay, I'll take that answer... but then why wouldn't the printer be installed once the admin logged in? Why do the printers disappear afterwards? And why isn't there any good data about the failure in the event

Re: SOLVED RE: Deploying Printers in Group Policy not working for non-admins

2012-09-05 Thread Free, Bob
Thanks for the follow-up. Much appreciated Indeed(tm) Always appreciate the tickets being closed and KB updated :) From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2012 5:03 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: [dkim-failure] Re: SOLVED RE: Deploying Printers

Re: SOLVED RE: Deploying Printers in Group Policy not working for non-admins

2012-09-05 Thread Andrew S. Baker
* Ha! I'll admit that I've done some searching on the web for issues I've run into... and I found somebody who has simular issues... only to discover that it's my own post! Sm:)e. * Been there, done that. :) * * *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for

RE: SOLVED RE: Deploying Printers in Group Policy not working for non-admins

2012-09-05 Thread James Hill
That is bad. Worse is when you find a post about the problem you are looking for a solution for only to have the final post being Figured it out and no further info supplied. James. From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, 6 September 2012 1:26 AM To: NT System

RE: SOLVED RE: Deploying Printers in Group Policy not working for non-admins

2012-09-05 Thread Ken Schaefer
What's weirder is if you search for an issue, find a post that turns out to be your own, and then also find you solved the problem years ago but have subsequently forgotten the solution: http://www.activedir.org/ListArchives/tabid/55/view/topic/postid/22657/Default.aspx From: Andrew S. Baker

RE: Deploying Printers in Group Policy not working for non-admins

2012-09-04 Thread Kelsey, John
What happens if the student tries to install the printer manually? Does it complete or does it bomb out? -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 11:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Deploying Printers in Group

RE: Deploying Printers in Group Policy not working for non-admins

2012-09-04 Thread Matthew W. Ross
As student's are not admins, they don't have the option to install the printers. Especially as I'm trying to install them via IP. I'm about to install the printers via script, as they need printers working, with or without group policy. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original

Re: Deploying Printers in Group Policy not working for non-admins

2012-08-31 Thread Christopher Bodnar
Too funny, I was just about to type up the exact same question. I ran into this same scenario last night. The only thing that I found different was between 2 different printers. In my case the printers are: Canon iR3245 HP Officejet 8600 So I deployed the iR3245 first via GPO using the Print

Re: Deploying Printers in Group Policy not working for non-admins

2012-08-31 Thread Matthew W. Ross
Here are some more oddities for this lab: 1) The printers are an HP Laserjet 4250 and a HP Color Laserjet 4700. We have other labs with the same model printers deployed from the same print server and this problem does not exist with them. 2) The printers show up if I log in as an

Deploying Printers in Group Policy not working for non-admins

2012-08-30 Thread Matthew W. Ross
Good Afternoon. I'm deploying printers using Group Policy. We have Windows Server 20008 R2 Domain controllers and Windows 7 desktops. I have a new lab that I wanted to deploy the network printers. In this one lab, for some reason, Administrators see the printers. Non-admins do not. I am using

Re: Deploying Printers in Group Policy not working for non-admins

2012-08-30 Thread Tom Miller
I always deploy printers to users via Users -- GPO Preferences. I never tried your method, but user assignments work well here. Matthew W. Ross mr...@ephrataschools.org 8/30/2012 6:01 PM Good Afternoon. I'm deploying printers using Group Policy. We have Windows Server 20008 R2 Domain

Re: Deploying Printers in Group Policy not working for non-admins

2012-08-30 Thread Jonathan Link
Permissions for installing printer drivers? http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-hardware/install-network-printers-without-local-admin/b21aa72b-5a7f-485d-999e-f844e7d4a550 On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 6:01 PM, Matthew W. Ross mr...@ephrataschools.orgwrote: Good Afternoon.