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by david_grant

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I am re-naming all my network printers. I have a print server and use JET ADMIN. How can I remove all printers from each client and reinstall all the printers with the new naming convention on each win 2000/NT client for each user that uses the client without having to personally goto each computer myself. Most of my users have problems even setting up printers.

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by xanderoth

Hire a $10 per hour tech to do it for you. :)

You don't need to reinstall the printers- you can simply rename them and change the port they print to if necessary- but all of that info can be changed in the user profile. I don't imagine it wouldbe any easier to do edit and configure them though- so perhaps the $10 tech is the way to go. :)

by homer simpson instructor at large

use group policy in Windows 2000 to delete the printers and then you can use a logon script to create the printer connections each time....there is also a printers section in group policy you can use. It can reconnect your printers each time the user logs on. You can also create Organizational Units and specify different printer availability for different users. It has worked well for me and it is all controlled from the server....no need to babysit workstations.

hope it helps

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