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- Group Policy (GPOs)
Group Policy provides a simple way to deploy printers to domained computers but there are a few downsides. Printers deployed this way cannot be deleted and are installed on all computers within the target OUs. Instructions are available below: gpp
- Group Policy Preferences
GPPs (group policy preferences) works similar to GPOs mentioned above but is more configurable and easier to target. GPPs work natively with Windows 7 but require a client side extension (available via WSUS) for Windows XP. With GPPs, a printer can be set to only install once, only install on specific computers, etc. Additional information is available below - user installed via shortcut
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