[THIN] Re: upgrading print server...
- From: "Luchette, Jon" <JLuchette@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 14:32:14 -0500
So this script will install all of these drivers, cool. If I upgrade the
print server to 2k, then all of the ports should still be available as well
as their associated printers. Then it would just be a matter of running
this script, and I would be done.
You may or may not know but, do you think I could I use the PrintMig tool on
the Resource kit to copy all of these printer configs over to a test NT 4.0
server, and then upgrade that server to 2k, and test using this script on
that test server, or does the printmig tool actually MOVE the printer
configs rather than COPY them to the destination server, that would suck!?
/jL
-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Oglesby [mailto:roglesby@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 2:13 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: upgrading print server...
It will work with either. All the script does is use a native windows rundll
functions.
Now one thing to note is that the script there only does NATIVE drivers.
Meaning drivers that came on the win2k cd. If you have other drivers (not on
the cd) you can add them byt adding additional lines and changing the path
to the INF.
Ron Oglesby
Senior Technical Architect
RapidApp
Office 312.372.7188
Mobile 815.325.7618
email roglesby@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:roglesby@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
-----Original Message-----
From: Luchette, Jon [mailto:JLuchette@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 1:04 PM
To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [THIN] Re: upgrading print server...
Ron,
Did you build this script to work with non terminal servers? I am talking
about upgrading our print server from NT 4.0 to Windows 2k, and then finding
a way around installing the 2k drivers for ALL of the printers afterwards.
It seems like this script was built to work with terminal servers rather
than plain old print servers? However, if I could use it in my scenario as
well that would be great.
/jL
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Raffensberger [mailto:sraffens1@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 1:33 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: upgrading print server...
Jon,
Ron Oglesby has a script at his web site that will do the bulk of it for
you. Thanks Ron!
http://ron.oglesby.com/drivers.txt <http://ron.oglesby.com/drivers.txt>
Raff
-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf
Of Luchette, Jon
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 12:56 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] upgrading print server...
Hello,
We have an NT 4.0 print server, and our MF boxes are 2k. This sucks, for
many different reasons as I'm sure you all know. If we were to upgrade our
print server to 2k, we will probably have to then install all the 2k
versions of all the NT 4.0 drivers on that server. With a ton of different
printers on that server, that makes for a major headache for me. I am
looking for a utility that might somehow make this whole process easier
somehow. I am looking for a utility that might allow me to upgrade my print
server from NT4.0 to 2k, and not have to install every single 2k version of
every printer on the server. I am NOT looking for a utility like Tricerat's
Screwdrivers or something used to get around the upgrading of the print
server, because upgrading my print server to 2k is something that I want to
do anyhow.
Anybody know of a tool/utility that might do this???
Thanks,
/jL
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