Printer GPOs
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When using GP to deploy printers, do you use the FQDN or just the server name?
In the past I only used servername, leaving out the domain name. In efforts to be more internet compliant, I changed my GPOs to FQDNs about 18 months ago. From time to time I've been having problems with printers ever since.
Here is what my GPO looks like now.
When you the GUI to add a printer, it never adds it with the domain name, only the servername.
What do you do? Do you have a reason for doing it that way?
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@Dashrender said in Printer GPOs:
When using GP to deploy printers, do you use the FQDN or just the server name?
In the past I only used servername, leaving out the domain name. In efforts to be more internet compliant, I changed my GPOs to FQDNs about 18 months ago. From time to time I've been having problems with printers ever since.
When you the GUI to add a printer, it never adds it with the domain name, only the servername.
What do you do? Do you have a reason for doing it that way?
Are these direct or via print server? I generally use the Print Management GUI and have it add it all. Server 2012 R2 adds them by server name.
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Direct - though why would/should it matter?
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@Dashrender said in Printer GPOs:
Direct - though why would/should it matter?
Because then you are not using print management like i was? which sets it to servername by default?
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Why wouldn't you use a print server for this?
Have all of the drivers needed & managed in one local place, and just use Group Policy to install the printers when users sign in.
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@DustinB3403 said in Printer GPOs:
Why wouldn't you use a print server for this?
Have all of the drivers needed & managed in one local place, and just use Group Policy to install the printers when users sign in.
I am using a print server, and GPO. I'm just not publishing my printers to my GPOs through Printer Management like JB is.
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So is the use of FQDN really a bad thing in Windows shares?
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I use server name only.
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@Dashrender said in Printer GPOs:
So is the use of FQDN really a bad thing in Windows shares?
I wish I could give you guidance. I've never used the FQDN and I rarely if ever have any problems. That's all I can really say.
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Sigh, so in my hopes (and whatever I was reading 2 years ago) of making my setup be more IP resilient.. I've only gone to achieve the opposite.
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@Dashrender said in Printer GPOs:
Sigh, so in my hopes (and whatever I was reading 2 years ago) of making my setup be more IP resilient.. I've only gone to achieve the opposite.
Not sure what you mean by that, but we only use server name. It's simple and easy. Best of all it tell us where the print server is at.
For GPO I push ALL available printers to everyone, and set secondary GPO to update default printer to whatever area they reside at. -
@LAH3385 said in Printer GPOs:
set secondary GPO to update default printer to whatever area they reside at.
How do you do this? is it reliable? I have never had good luck getting default printers consistently set correctly.
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@JaredBusch said in Printer GPOs:
@LAH3385 said in Printer GPOs:
set secondary GPO to update default printer to whatever area they reside at.
How do you do this? is it reliable? I have never had good luck getting default printers consistently set correctly.
You could do a WMI filter for subnets.. but yeah it's not worth it. Users like changing them an a GPO will force them back.
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@Jason said in Printer GPOs:
@JaredBusch said in Printer GPOs:
@LAH3385 said in Printer GPOs:
set secondary GPO to update default printer to whatever area they reside at.
How do you do this? is it reliable? I have never had good luck getting default printers consistently set correctly.
You could do a WMI filter for subnets.. but yeah it's not worth it. Users like changing them an a GPO will force them back.
More specifically, I was meaning what GPO setting was he using to specify the default, because I have a continuous problems making it stick in general.
One thing I dread with getting Windows 10 deployed because of the stupid "last printer as default" thing in 1511.
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@JaredBusch said in Printer GPOs:
@Jason said in Printer GPOs:
@JaredBusch said in Printer GPOs:
@LAH3385 said in Printer GPOs:
set secondary GPO to update default printer to whatever area they reside at.
How do you do this? is it reliable? I have never had good luck getting default printers consistently set correctly.
You could do a WMI filter for subnets.. but yeah it's not worth it. Users like changing them an a GPO will force them back.
More specifically, I was meaning what GPO setting was he using to specify the default, because I have a continuous problems making it stick in general.
One thing I dread with getting Windows 10 deployed because of the stupid "last printer as default" thing in 1511.
You can deploy a regedit for it
http://windowsitpro.com/windows-10/reverting-new-default-printer-feature-windows-10-november-update
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@JaredBusch said in Printer GPOs:
@Jason said in Printer GPOs:
@JaredBusch said in Printer GPOs:
@LAH3385 said in Printer GPOs:
set secondary GPO to update default printer to whatever area they reside at.
How do you do this? is it reliable? I have never had good luck getting default printers consistently set correctly.
You could do a WMI filter for subnets.. but yeah it's not worth it. Users like changing them an a GPO will force them back.
More specifically, I was meaning what GPO setting was he using to specify the default, because I have a continuous problems making it stick in general.
One thing I dread with getting Windows 10 deployed because of the stupid "last printer as default" thing in 1511.
You can disable that.
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Registry Path: HKEY_Current_User\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\LegacyDefaultPrinterMode = 1
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@Dashrender said in Printer GPOs:
Registry Path: HKEY_Current_User\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\LegacyDefaultPrinterMode = 1
WTF good is that? I hate registry. Why isn't there a GPO for that.
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@JaredBusch said in Printer GPOs:
@Dashrender said in Printer GPOs:
Registry Path: HKEY_Current_User\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\LegacyDefaultPrinterMode = 1
WTF good is that? I hate registry. Why isn't there a GPO for that.
There is a GPO for that:
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@wrx7m said in Printer GPOs:
@JaredBusch said in Printer GPOs:
@Dashrender said in Printer GPOs:
Registry Path: HKEY_Current_User\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\LegacyDefaultPrinterMode = 1
WTF good is that? I hate registry. Why isn't there a GPO for that.
There is a GPO for that:
No, that is setting registry via GPO. not a GPO setting.
