To install printers to groups of users or computers by using Group Policy
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Open the Administrative Tools folder, and then double-click Print Management.
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In the Print Management tree, under the appropriate print server, click Printers.
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In the results pane, right-click the printer you want to deploy, and then click Deploy with Group Policy.
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In the Deploy with Group Policy dialog box, click Browse, and then choose a Group Policy object.
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Click OK.
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To assign the printer connection setting to the GPO, do one or both of the following:
- As a per-user setting, select the The users that this GPO applies to (per user) check box.
- As a per-machine setting, select the The computers that this GPO applies to (per machine) check box.
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Click Add.
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Repeat steps 3 to 6 to add the printer connection setting to another GPO.
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Click OK.