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Answered Using Printer Group Policy but User is not getting the Assigned Printer all the time

  • Thursday, November 29, 2012 11:02 PM
     
     
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    Hi,

    I have this situation:  When a user logs in to a computer for the first time, instead of getting the network printer I assigned to them, they get the printer in the first Order with the "Default" is to YES option. (see picture below). 

    Let 's take picture below for example.  Printer 1 is not set to be a default printer but assigned to Group A.  Printer 2 is set to be a default and assigned to Group B.  Printer 3 is set to be a default Printer and assigned to Group C. 

    John Smith belongs to Group C.  If he logs in to a computer for the first time, he is supposed to get Printer 3.  But instead, he gets Printer 2.  *BUT* if I delete Printer 2 (while John is log in to Windows) and have John log off/log in after, then he gets the correct Printer 3.  This also happens if I have users that have no printer assigned.   No matter what, they get Printer 2 first.  So I thought that it has something to do with the *ORDER* column (see below).  But once it has been set correctly after a log off/log back in, it doesn't change. It stays on the correct printer assignment.

    What am I doing wrong and how to fix it?




    • Edited by SwissMiss123 Thursday, November 29, 2012 11:04 PM
    • Edited by SwissMiss123 Thursday, November 29, 2012 11:04 PM
    • Edited by SwissMiss123 Thursday, November 29, 2012 11:06 PM
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  • Tuesday, December 11, 2012 2:23 AM
     
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    First of all, setting in 1 GPO all those printer by default.. I would not make that.

    The order mean nothing, if the driver from a Xerox in exemple take longer to install, a second's printer from the list will be installed, and the last 's one to isntall will WIN the battle to be set as the default's one.

    To change nothing, I would keep your 3 GPO, keep 1 as the default's one. AND after I would make another GPO higther in the OU's branch, to set the user default's one depending on additional's location. Those GPO will be applied AFTER that big's one.

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    • Edited by Yagmoth555 Tuesday, December 11, 2012 2:23 AM
    • Marked As Answer by Alan MorrisEditor Wednesday, December 12, 2012 10:50 AM
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  • Tuesday, December 11, 2012 6:14 AM
     
     
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    I agree with Yagmoth555, his suggestion is good.

    One thing I'd like to add that if you have to stick with 1 GPP and your clients are WIN7 and server is w2k8R2, there is a possibility to change this behavior by disabling async RPC calls. It might take more time initially but order should be followed.

     
  • Tuesday, December 11, 2012 7:39 PM
     
     
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    Thanks for your replies.  Do you mean to say if we have 10 printers on the network, create 10 GPO for each?
     
  • Wednesday, December 12, 2012 5:59 AM
     
     
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    if I understood Yagmoth's idea correctly, you need 1 GPO to add printers (just change yours by unchecking 'set as default' at all printers), and 1 additional GPO to set them as default.