Hi all. This is a single-domain 2008 R2 AD. It's very basic. All usrs are in the Users container in ADUC and all computrs are in the Computers container. However there are two classes of users which I'll indicate here as Level 1 and Level 2 staff. Level 1 staff are about 80% of all users, and these people share about 10 computers in a sort of shared computer room area.
I recently discovered that whne I log in as a user, and set their default printer, the next time I log in it just gets set back to the Microsoft XPS thingy.
either way, my goal here is to do two things:
- set teh default printer on a per-computer basis if possible and not per user
- set this printer to always use two-sided printing (a setting normally found under the printer's Printing Preferences > Finishing tab.
The printer in question is an HP with an embedded Jetdirect so it is an IP printer, not shared from someone's computer or anything like that.
So first, do I need to manipulate the Users or Computers in AD Users & Computers somehow so the settings only apply to certain items? Or would I use that Filtering option for GPO editing?
Oh and also, I really do not want to get into login scripts, or any scripting at all. I would much prefer Group Policy.
The server is 2008 R2 and the clients are Win 7 Professional (32 & 64bit mixed)
Thank you.