Hello,
We are on a Windows Domain environment. We plan on removing our old print server and installing a new one with same printer drivers but new printer shared names.
I am having issues on the test phase of removing old network printers and installing new shared printers. Our environment has a combination of printers installed with a .vbs script objNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection, manual installs by browsing to the printer network path and double clicking on printers, and some with using printui.exe /ga /q /n"\\server\printer".
From the research I have gathered, the VBS and manual installs are done on a per user level and the printui.exe /ga installs it per computer. When I try to do uninstall per user with powershell or command prompt it will remove them but sometimes they get added back on because of the install if it was done per computer.
What is the best method to clean everything up first (per computers and per user) and then install new printer either with powershell, printui.exe, or group policy? I would do everything with group policy but from what I read, it will not uninstall printers that have not been added with GPOs.
Any help is appreciated.