Information on migrating printers to a Windows Server 2008?

Information on migrating printers to a Windows Server 2008?

The Windows Printer Migration tool 3.1 is not supported by Windows Server 2008.

Note: The contents of this article only to provide a direction on this procress, for the most current information please see microsoft.com.

Migrate Print Servers (Supported migration scenarios)

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc722360.aspx

How to back up and then restore printers when you upgrade from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;938923

Print Services Migration Guide

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd379488%28WS.10%29.aspx

Printer migration is built into Windows Server 2008 but you might have to add the Printer Services role first. A loose outline of steps are below.

• Click on Server Manager

• Scroll down to Roles Summary and click on Add Roles

• Check the box for Print Services and follow the wizard to install

• After it is installed, Click Start > Administrative Tools > Print Management

• Expand the tree, then right click on Print Servers and click on Add/Remove Servers

• Enter the name of the print server you want to migrate the printers off of and select Add to List, then click Apply

• Right Click on that Printer in the tree and select Export Printers to a File and save that file on your desktop

• After the export is complete, right click on your new server in the tree

• Select Import Printer from a File, and select the export from your desktop

• Follow the wizard