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Moving printers to a new print server

Moving printers to a new print server

You can use the Printer Migration Wizard to move print queues, printer drivers, printer processors, and printer ports from one print server to another. This is an efficient way to consolidate multiple print servers or replace an older print server.

When you move printers, the server on which the printers are currently located is the source server, and the server to which you want to move the printers is the destination server. With this in mind, you can move printers to a new print server by following these steps:

1. In Print Management, press and hold or right-click the source server, and then tap or click Export Printers To A File. This starts the Printer Migration Wizard.

2. On the initial page, note the printer-related objects that will be exported, and then tap or click Next.

3. On the Select The File Location page, tap or click Browse. In the dialog box provided, select a save location for the printer migration file. After you enter a name for the file, tap or click Save.

4. Printer migration files are saved with the.printerExport extension. Tap or click Next to save the printer settings to this file.

5. After the wizard completes the export process, tap or click Open Event Viewer to review the events generated during the export process. If an error occurred during processing, you can use the event entries to determine what happened and possible actions to take to resolve the problem. When you have finished, exit the Event Viewer.

6. On the Exporting page, tap or click Finish to exit the Printer Migration Wizard.

7. In Print Management, press and hold or right-click the destination server, and then tap or click Import Printers From A File. This launches the Printer Migration Wizard.

8. On the Select The File Location page, tap or click Browse. In the dialog box provided select the printer migration file you created in steps 3 and 4, and then tap or click Open.

9. Tap or click Next. Note the objects that will be imported, and then tap or click Next. On the Select Import Options page, choose one of the following options in the Import Mode list:

? Keep Existing Printers When you choose this option and existing printer queues have the same names as those you are importing, the wizard creates copies to ensure that the original printer queues and the imported printer queues are both available.

? Overwrite Existing Printers When you choose this option and existing printer queues have the same names as those you are importing, the wizard overwrites the existing printer queues with the information from the printer queues you are importing.

10. On the Select Import Options page, choose one of the following options in the List In The Directory list:

? List Printers That Were Previously Listed Choose this option to specify that only printers that were previously listed are listed in Active Directory.

? List All Printers Choose this option to specify that all printers are listed in Active Directory.

? Don’t List Any Printers Choose this option to specify that no printers are listed in Active Directory.

11. Tap or click Next to begin the import process. After the wizard completes the import process, tap or click Open Event Viewer to review the events generated during the import process. If an error occurred during processing, you can use the event entries to determine what happened and possible actions to take to resolve the problem. When you have finished, exit the Event Viewer.

12. On the Importing page, tap or click Finish to exit the Printer Migration Wizard.

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