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Changing network printer - leaving queue the same
I have a question regarding upgrading network printers.
I have a printer set up through a print queue on a Windows 2003 server. The printer is added on end users computers through directory search. Now, I want to physically swap out this printer for another model (keeping the same ip and hostname). Can I go into the print queue on the server and simply change the driver to the new printer and the queue will continue to work for the end users or will the printer need to be re-added on the clients? The idea is to not have to change the queue, but just the driver, so that the printers will not have to be added with new names to all the end user workstations, but I do not know if Windows downloads the driver to the local PC when the printer is added or if it will work this way. Thanks, Cam |
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Changing network printer - leaving queue the same
Depending on the current printer settings in the registry, it may work.
The main issue I have found has been swapping HP drivers but even HP only supports adding a new printer rather than changing an existing (but I can get this to work in most cases). Since you do not want to have the users connect to a new printer name, using the old printer name is a very common practice. You can accomplish this by changing the driver on the current queue and the new driver will be propagated to the connecting clients. If there is any devmode conversion failures or mismatched file sets between to old and new driver you can still generated the same end result by renaming the current printer and printer share to "Printer2", then adding a new printer which uses the same port and the new driver with the name of the old printer and previous shared name. Configure the settings the same and copy paste the comments and location fields from the previous queue. Any client with a connection to the old, now "new" printer, will get the updated driver. Now delete the old, renamed printer. -- Alan Morris Windows Printing Team Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base he http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1 This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "Camman" wrote in message ... I have a question regarding upgrading network printers. I have a printer set up through a print queue on a Windows 2003 server. The printer is added on end users computers through directory search. Now, I want to physically swap out this printer for another model (keeping the same ip and hostname). Can I go into the print queue on the server and simply change the driver to the new printer and the queue will continue to work for the end users or will the printer need to be re-added on the clients? The idea is to not have to change the queue, but just the driver, so that the printers will not have to be added with new names to all the end user workstations, but I do not know if Windows downloads the driver to the local PC when the printer is added or if it will work this way. Thanks, Cam |
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