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how can you move a printer in active directory between servers, and have the client machines get updated automatically

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by vt100

To do that you will have to use con2prt.exe from Windows 2000 Server Toolkit.
1. Connect to that printer from your new designated printserver.
2. Share this printer with the share name (SharedPrinterName).
3. Place the con2prt.exe in a share on the server (ShareName).
4. Create batch file that looks like this:

net use x: \\SERVERNAME\ShareName
x:
con2prt /c \\SERVERNAME\SharedPrinterName

c:
net use /DELETE x:

Where "x" is just a temporary mapped drive letter.

5. Make that batch run as a logon script on clients' PCs.

Good luck :)

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