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Could you elaborate in detail on what exactly what you mean by pre-stage a driver? I've heard you metion this before and its something that I feel I should know.
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Could you elaborate in detail on what exactly what you mean by pre-stage a driver? I've heard you metion this before and its something that I feel I should know.
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It's mainly something you'd do for a client PC. There are a few main use cases:Could you elaborate in detail on what exactly what you mean by pre-stage a driver? I've heard you metion this before and its something that I feel I should know.
1. A remote user using a local printer that isn't part of a company's network. With telework being more common, we've seen plenty of requests for USB printer installs. Let's say the user gets a new home printer, if they're connected to VPN or some way that you have access to the device you can install the driver through printmanagement, which will allow them to just connect and go.
2. In a business environment, even with group policies available for trusting specific print servers, there aren't that many people using them. If a user tries to add a shared printer, they'll be greeted with an admin prompt when it comes time to install the driver. By remotely installing the same driver that the server shares out, you can then just give them an SMB link to install the printer and have it just work (\\printserver\SharedPrinterName). Since the driver is already there, it just makes the connection for the user.
3. Setting up a new print server, by connecting through printmanagement you can install all of the necessary drivers before creating the printers themselves.
just a couple of the use cases I've seen and used.
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This is how I have been doing it for a decade now.
Remove old printers and drivers:
1) Control+R: Printui /s /t2
2) Delete old Printers, Drivers, Ports.
Restart Print spooler:
1) Control+R: Services.msc
2) Print Spooler: Right Click> Restart.
Load Drivers:
1) Extract file from install wizard to c:\Drivers
Installation:
1) Control+R: Control Printers
2) Add Printer> Wasn't Listed
3) Find by TCP IP> Port Number and uncheck Query.
4) Have Disk> C:\Drivers
5) Select Model > Install.
Final Check:
1) Control+R: Control printers
2) Right click printer> Printer Properties> Auto Config.
3) Apply> OK> Print test page.
This process takes me less than two-3 mins tops.
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