Windows Server 2016: Print Server - Deployed Printers

Windows Server 2016: Print Server - Deployed Printers 

// Note: Deployed Printers are printers that are directly connected to the Server

1) [Server Manager - Dashboard] - Click on Tools - click on Print Management - Under Print Management, look for Print Servers, make sure that a print server e.g. DC01 (local) [using your hostname] exists - click on DC01 - click on Printers - right-click on first printer listing (e.g. Generic / Text only) - click on Deploy with Group Policy  - beside GPO name, click on Browse - under Browse for a Group Policy Object, under All - click on Default Domain Policy - click ok - under Deploy with Group Policy, Printer Name, select (x) The users that this GPO applies to (per user) - click Add - The printer name: \\DC01\Generic /Text Only , GPO: Default Domain Policy, Connection Type: Per User will appear - click Apply - click OK (if successful).

2) [Server Manager - Dashboard] - Click on Tools - click on Print Management - Under Print Management, under Deployed Printers, Generic / Text only (Printer name) appears.

// Note: when selecting (x) The users that this GPO applies to (per user), this will be updated immediately (be the server) (by typing gpupdate /force ) or wait 15 minutes without needing a server reboot (e.g. if you select (x) The computers that this GPO appiles to (per machine) instead).

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