Deploy Printers Group Policy

To install printers to groups of users or computers by using Group Policy





1. 
   

   Open the Administrative Tools folder, and then double-click Print Management.

   
   


2. 
   

   In the Print Management tree, under the appropriate print server, click Printers.

   
   


3. 
   

   In the results pane, right-click the printer you want to deploy, and then click Deploy with Group Policy.

   
   


4. 
   

   In the Deploy with Group Policy dialog box, click Browse, and then choose a Group Policy object.

   
   


5. 
   

   Click OK.

   
   


6. 
   

   To assign the printer connection setting to the GPO, do one or both of the following:

   
   
   
   
   • As a per-user setting, select the The users that this GPO applies to (per user) check box.
     
     
   
   
   • As a per-machine setting, select the The computers that this GPO applies to (per machine) check box.
     
     
   
   
   
   


7. 
   

   Click Add.

   
   


8. 
   

   Repeat steps 3 to 6 to add the printer connection setting to another GPO.

   
   


9. 
   

   Click OK.