Shared printer status driver update needed

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Track users' IT needs, easily, and with only the features you need. Learn More ». Thai Pepper. Spartan This person is a verified professional. I have a scenario that I think I can explain and I also believe that I know the solution — I just need someone to confirm it :. The setup is that we have a print cluster where all queues are shared on and then this one server where all shared queues are installed under a specific user.

This is like a standard users PC — just on a server instead. Both the cluster and the stand-alone server are running Windows Server SP2. I believe that this happens as no one is logged on at the server opening any documents to print thus not forcing an update of the driver from the print server. Is this true? Thanks for your help :. Changing settings on the driver should not update the ChangeID.

I know Xerox has a series of printers that will update a common DYC file when adding a new printer onto the machine that forces any connections into this state due to the updated timestamp. Then use Print Management from the client computer to connect to the print server, and add the additional drivers from the Additional Drivers dialog box. Windows automatically uploads the drivers from the client computer to the print server.

To update or change the printer drivers for a printer, use the following procedure. Client computers automatically download and install the updated printer drivers the next time they attempt to print to the printer.

When installing printer drivers that are provided by the device manufacturer, follow the instructions provided with the printer driver instead of using this procedure. Pages Blog. Space shortcuts How-to articles. Hoping someone pulls together a guide on how to deploy printer drivers via SCCM so they are used by default when connecting to printer shares.

Thanks all. Very surprised by this change, I'd imagine there's a high proportion of enterprise using point and print? I've put the 0 reg key in place for now, but I hate putting workarounds in place which are against advice. I already have PaperCut Print Deploy on my to-do list, looks like it just moved up higher! There is a group policy setting which I think can get around the need for admin.

Originally Posted by ZeroHour. Well done. You've outdone yourself this time. Looking at Papercut print deploy, it seems that I need to purchase the "PaperCut Print Enablement Pack" to be able to target printers to specific users? Am I reading this correctly? Any idea how much it costs?