NT printer driver reinstalls...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsnt.print (More info?)

Now that it's been resuscitated, you may be able to use PrintMig to migrate
the printers over to the new box.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads [...] 91EEADE293

The documentation has some good info, but you can also refer to some of
these articles:

http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -us;255187
http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -us;315983
http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -us;214795

Cheers,
Dimce

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"mike" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:17f4901c44991$a8c86f10$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> hello,
> my dedicated NT print server is in intensive care and it
> doesn't look good at all after suffering from a violent
> cardiac arrest. i was able to resuscitate it and at least
> get on makeshift life support so that we can continue
> printing for some 50 users in our office.
>
> i have a new replacement NT machine online and running,
> but my current problem is print drivers. we use fairly old
> print drivers because we use AutoCAD very extensively.
> AutoCAD is Very particular to how it prints to printers. I
> want to be able to somehow move all print drivers from the
> old machine onto the new one, without having to manually
> reinstall each driver.
>
> can anyone suggest their favorite method and/or suggest a
> shortcut?, i have a feeling exporting the registry
> settings may be a part of this task?
>
> thank you for your suggestions. i don't have much Windows
> experience. your help will be greatly appreciated.
>
> -mike
>
>