Print Server Migration

I am trying to consolidate our print servers as well as take some older
servers offline. These servers are all either Windows 2000 or 2003. I can
use the Print Migration tool to move the printers, drivers, queues, etc. to
the new server but my problem is with the clients.

Is there a way to somehow automatically redirect printers setup on client
computer to the new print server? Because I am consolidating (and we have a
new server naming scheme) I cannot name the new server the same as the old.
I have tried modifying DNS to "trick" the clients to going to the new server,
but I get a "could not authenticate" error.

We have many client computers that this will affect and it would be a HUGE
task to try to reinstall the printers manually. Is there any easy way to
automate this somehow? You would think that MS puts out a migration tool
that they would find a way to migrate the client settings as well...

Thank you for your help.

Jason

Hi,

I'm afraid there is no such method to control a client side behavior to
redirect the printer unless you use script.

Regarding script solution, I'd like to suggest you post at MSDN newsgroup
for assistance.

Thanks.


Best regards,

Vincent Xu
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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>>I am trying to consolidate our print servers as well as take some older
>>servers offline. These servers are all either Windows 2000 or 2003. I
can
>>use the Print Migration tool to move the printers, drivers, queues, etc.
to
>>the new server but my problem is with the clients.
>>
>>Is there a way to somehow automatically redirect printers setup on client
>>computer to the new print server? Because I am consolidating (and we
have a
>>new server naming scheme) I cannot name the new server the same as the
old.
>>I have tried modifying DNS to "trick" the clients to going to the new
server,
>>but I get a "could not authenticate" error.
>>
>>We have many client computers that this will affect and it would be a
HUGE
>>task to try to reinstall the printers manually. Is there any easy way to
>>automate this somehow? You would think that MS puts out a migration tool
>>that they would find a way to migrate the client settings as well...
>>
>>Thank you for your help.
>>
>>Jason
>>