Spun up a 32-bit Windows 10 VM, installed the Zebra drivers, and that's what happens when I try to add them. I've been trying to "clean up" our print server a bit (running 2012R2 so 圆4), replaced all of the drivers with packaged versions except for the one HP DesignJet which did not have packaged drivers (and I used your trick which DID work)
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do you use one of those UPS printers by chance? Obviously if you can find packaged print drivers then use those, but some manufacturers haven't bothered.ĮDIT: The value for other print drivers may not be 1, but to make this work the value needs to be set to an odd number. HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Enviroments\Windows圆4\Drivers\.\Driver name\PrinterDriverAttributesĬhange the value from 0 to 1, and reboot the print server.īack in Print Management you will see the Packaged status is now change to true, and the printer will now deploy.
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Now apparently if you are pushing out printers via GP or GP Prefs and they are of Non-Packaged type you will always get a prompt to install, ignoring the point and print GPO, which will obviously cause the install to fail.Ī solution to this is a registry edit on the print server - obviously test this first before putting it into production. Looking at Print Management on the server in question shows that the problem printer drivers have a "Packaged" status of false. For most of our printers there were no issues, however a couple of printers were not being pushed out by Group Policy Prefs since the update, even though the print server was listed in the point and print GPO.īrowsing the print share and trying to connect the printer manually would result in the "Do you trust this printer" pop up which will then prompt for admin creds to install the driver.
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Since KB3170455 we need to enable point and print restrictions and specify our print servers in the GPO.