Changing Servers

First, let's start with some naming conventions:
the physical printers are called "print devices"
the server that is connected to the print devices is the "print server"
the print connections on the print server that workstations connect to are "logical printers"
Ok. Now that that is out of the way....
If you move the print devices from one print server to another print server, then the logical printers the workstations are pointing to will not work. The full share name pathing is includedin the logical printer names the workstations use. So, if there is a new print server in use, the UNC pathing to the logical printers will fail.
Now, you CAN redirect the logical printer ports on the old print server to point to new logical printers on the new print server. That way, the workstations will not have to change anything. They will still send their print jobs to the old print server, which will then spool them to the new logical printers it has, which are printing on the new print server with its new physical print devices.
Ok?
If you don't want the old print server in the mix at all, then rebuild the print connections on the workstations to the new print server.
It might be possible to use a Registry file to do this. All of the printer connection for the workstations is saved in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Printers
There is a Connections folder, with subfolders containing some info. There is also a Settings folder with the UNC pathing in binary format.
Basically, you could set up one workstation with new logical printers pointing to the new print server, then export all of its registry info from HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Printers and import this into the other workstations.

Hope this helps.

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