printmanagement.msc and push printer out in a windows 2008 domain

printmanagement.msc and push printer out in a windows 2008 domain

you add the print server role, and you can deploy the printers via printmanagement.msc which in turn creates group policy.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc722179(v=ws.10).aspx

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverprint/thread/6eb293f4-65b7-4c3f-bd21-e5ff7451982a/

for 32bit pushprinterconnections.exe for windows xp

Dont believe that Alan  Morris from MS , he kept posting the link, but the real  link is (I quote)
- Download the adminpack for Windows Server 2003 R2 (x86), you need the tool "pmcmgmt.exe". Link to the package:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9bfb44f5-232a-4fb5-bc14-45bfd81b7ac1&displaylang=en
- Install it on a Windows XP client.
- Copy pushprinterconnections.exe to the logondirectory of the Windows Server 2008 R2.
- Deploy pushprinterconnections.exe through GPO on the startupscript.