Need HELP Transferring Print Servers PLEASE!

Ok basically just looking for the best route to switch users (About 300-400)
who are using printers on a current print server (Windows Server 2003 box),
we'll call print-serv1. So all the printers they use are currently on that
server and they are printing through that server as well.

We have made a new server, we'll call print-serv2, and have installed and
tested all the printers that the users are currently using on the network
through print-serv1, still keeping the share names and drivers the exact same
(FYI: This is also a Windows Server 2003 box).

What is the quickest, easiest and least painful way to switch everyone over
to print-serv2 and set up with the same printers they are using now, except
for changing the server the printer goes through to print-serv2 instead of
the current print-serv1 they are using? (Ideally without going to 300-400
users desk, some out of state too).

Like I said, same printers, everything will be the same on their end, just
need to switch so the printers are now going through print-serv2 instead of
print-serv1.

I have checked Microsoft and Google and am now resorting to message boards
hoping for help from someone who has knowledge in this area (Maybe even
someone who has performed the same task) or would be able to help me figure
out a good way to do this.

Any help at all is very much appreciated, so thank you all in advance!

I will be checking this regularly, as we would like to do this switch
immediately since everything else is in line for it to be completed and this
is a rather large company, (well we'll say small-medium business haha). I
wish you all a great day and once again, thanks in advance!

Mike.


DJone

Hello,

DO NOT MULTIPOST !

This is the answer i gave you on the other forum:

use print migrator to move printer and drivers from one server to another:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Vbscript at logon that remaps same printer but to the new server



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Cordialement,
Mathieu CHATEAU
http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com


"DJone" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Ok basically just looking for the best route to switch users (About
> 300-400)
> who are using printers on a current print server (Windows Server 2003
> box),
> we'll call print-serv1. So all the printers they use are currently on that
> server and they are printing through that server as well.
>
> We have made a new server, we'll call print-serv2, and have installed and
> tested all the printers that the users are currently using on the network
> through print-serv1, still keeping the share names and drivers the exact
> same
> (FYI: This is also a Windows Server 2003 box).
>
> What is the quickest, easiest and least painful way to switch everyone
> over
> to print-serv2 and set up with the same printers they are using now,
> except
> for changing the server the printer goes through to print-serv2 instead of
> the current print-serv1 they are using? (Ideally without going to 300-400
> users desk, some out of state too).
>
> Like I said, same printers, everything will be the same on their end, just
> need to switch so the printers are now going through print-serv2 instead
> of
> print-serv1.
>
> I have checked Microsoft and Google and am now resorting to message boards
> hoping for help from someone who has knowledge in this area (Maybe even
> someone who has performed the same task) or would be able to help me
> figure
> out a good way to do this.
>
> Any help at all is very much appreciated, so thank you all in advance!
>
> I will be checking this regularly, as we would like to do this switch
> immediately since everything else is in line for it to be completed and
> this
> is a rather large company, (well we'll say small-medium business haha). I
> wish you all a great day and once again, thanks in advance!
>
> Mike.