Why don't I see my shared printers deployed from a windows print server in the computer inventory on my K1?
We deploy printers from a print server using GP but in the specific computers inventory, you can not see them as installed printers. Am I missing something?
Answers (2)
It's possible to include them in the Inventory, but takes a bit to get setup. Here's a few articles I wrote that should help get you started - the first covers the client side, the second a fix for reporting (which hopefully isn't necessary in 5.4), the third covers reporting on local printers, and the last covers the server side (in case you want/need it in a report):
http://www.itninja.com/blog/view/inventorying-reporting-on-user-profile-specific-other-non-inventoried-data
http://www.itninja.com/blog/view/workaround-for-line-break-character-bug-in-reports-generated-on-inventory-custom-fields
http://www.itninja.com/blog/view/k1000-reports-default-all-local-printers-w-vbscripts
http://www.itninja.com/blog/view/k1000-reports-print-server-printer-list-with-name-ip-location-comments-columns
Hope that helps!
John
I believe that the printers listed in the K1000 Inventory only include those that are configured with local ports - LPT, USB or IP - and not network print server ports.
