I am doing a manual migration from a single label domain to a domain with a proper name. The single label domain is running at a 2008 functional level and the new domain is running at a 2008 R2 level on a server 2012 machine.
In the old domain I had deployed printers through GPOs by accessing Computer Configuration:Preferences: Control Panel Settings:Printers. I would then setup a new TCP/IP printer. This worked pretty well in the old domain so I setup the same thing in the new
domain. ALL printer names are the same in both domains.
On the computers that I moved from the old domain to the new domain the printers are still installed and they still function,which I kind of expected. I found that I could remove the printers that were installed by the old GPO with the new GPO by selecting the "Delete" action in the printer properties of the new GPO. However, when I change the properties to "Create" it does not reinstall the printer.
On brand new computers that I have just added to the new domain the GPO will create the TCP/IP port on the local computer but the printer never shows up in Devices and Printers.
I can however browse to the shared printer on the server from the local computer and connect to it that way just fine no matter if it is one of the old computers or one of the brand new computers.
I have only noticed this on Windows 7 64bit computers so far.
I hope I explained it clearly enough and thank you for any advice.