Schuliebug,
All printers and workstations are in the same subnet. We don't use groups to control printers. Basically, anyone can print to any printer of their choosing except for one cheque printer.
Every WKS is set to the closest HP LaserJet, the closest Xerox Document Centre, and the closest colour printer. Some also are set to large format printers and plotters.
Bear with me as these are merely brain farts. I'm thinking of an INI file with sections for WKS name and keys for the printer shares they are to get. I'm paranoid so this would have to be read-only for the users.
The down-side is that everyone has to diligently update this INI file. I have four co-workers that are too independent to follow procedure. I'm also paranoid so the INI would have to be read-only for the users so that means the users can't passively do it.
I was thinking of triggering, from the logon script, an admin script which would rip the defined printers from the registry and merge them into the INI. Another thought is users could write to a temp INI that an admin script would merge into the RO one. That way manually added printers would also get added to the INI. The INI could also be centrally managed. Has anyone written a GUI (KiXForms maybe) to manage an INI file like this?
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