Migrate printers from one server to another - PowerShell or VBS?

[Virtual_Jas]

Hi all,

 

Does anyone own a script that will migrate all printer's from one print server to another, whilst keeping their share names etc intact? Long story short, I am looking at decommissioning an old Windows Server 2003 box in favor of a new Server 2008 server.

 

Thanks in advance!

 

Jason

[featured_spectre]

Powershell. Remember to change printer names and new share names. enjoy

 

Clear-Host 
# This procedure adds a new printer 
Function InstallNewPrinter{ 
     Param ([string]$currentPrinter, [string]$newPrinter) 

#     Write-Host "CurrentPrinter : " $currentPrinter 
#     Write-Host "New Printer : " $newPrinter 
#     Write-Host "Is Printer Default : " $isDefault 

     #Add new Printer 
     $global:net.AddWindowsPrinterConnection($newPrinter) 
      
     #Add current printer to the TobeDeleted List 
     $global:PrintersTobeDeleted += $currentPrinter 
} 
# This procedure sets the respected new printer default 
Function SetPrinterDefault{ 

Param ([string]$defaultPrinter) 

#If current printer is default, make the new a default printer 
$global:net.SetDefaultPrinter($defaultPrinter) 
} 

# This procedure deletes all the old printer which were replaced by this script. 
Function DeleteCurrentPrinters{ 

     foreach ($printerTodelete in $global:PrintersTobeDeleted) 
     { 
           $global:net.RemovePrinterConnection($printerTodelete) 
     } 
} 

# Set print server name 
$Printserver = "." 

# This section will identify all the installed Network printer under logged in users profile using WMI 
$Printers = Get-WMIObject Win32_Printer -computername $Printserver -Filter "Network=True" 
# This is a blank array to store the installed Network printer under logged in users profile and pass it on 
$PrintersTobeDeleted = @() 
$newPrinter = "" 
$defaultPrinter = "" 

if($Printers) 
{ 
     # Get Network object 
     $global:net = new-Object -com WScript.Network 

     foreach ($Printer in $Printers) 
     { 
#           Write-Host "Name: " $Printer.Name 
#           Write-Host "Location: " $Printer.Location 
#           Write-Host "Comment: " $Printer.Comment 
#           Write-Host "DriverName: " $Printer.DriverName 
#           Write-Host "Shared: " $Printer.Shared 
#           Write-Host "ShareName: " $Printer.ShareName 

#         Just swap your old printer name with new server\printer name here 
         switch ($Printer.ShareName)  
         {  
             "SV01Dispatch-M" {$newPrinter = "\\SRV-PSTREET01\SV-01-M7"} 
             "SV01DriverRm-B" {$newPrinter = "\\SRV-PSTREET01\SV-01-M6"} 
             "SV01Fleet-C" {$newPrinter = "\\SRV-PSTREET01\SV-01-C3"} 
             "SV01Fleet-M" {$newPrinter = "\\SRV-PSTREET01\SV-01-M5"} 
             "SV01QA-M" {$newPrinter = "\\SRV-PSTREET01\SV-01-M4"} 
             "SV02BusFac-11x17" {$newPrinter = "\\SRV-PSTREET01\SV-02-C2"} 
             "SV02BusFac-M" {$newPrinter = "\\SRV-PSTREET01\SV-02-M3"} 
             "SV02BusFac-XR1" {$newPrinter = "\\SRV-PSTREET01\SV-02-X1"} 
             "SV02BusOps-M" {$newPrinter = "\\SRV-PSTREET01\SV-02-M2"} 
             "SV02EX-MH" {$newPrinter = "\\SRV-PSTREET01\SV-02-C1"} 
             "SV02TrainRoom-M" {$newPrinter = "\\SRV-PSTREET01\SV-02-M1"} 
         } 
         if ($newPrinter -ne "") 
         { 
                 if ($Printer.Default) {$defaultPrinter = $newPrinter} 
               InstallNewPrinter $Printer.Name $newPrinter  
               $newPrinter = "" 
         } 
     } 
   SetPrinterDefault $defaultPrinter 
      DeleteCurrentPrinters 
} 

[tmcd35]

Or use the Printer Migration Tool: Print Migration Tool

[FN-GM]

Are you moving from x86 to x64 ?

[Virtual_Jas]

Brill - Thanks for the quick response!

 

So all I need to do with the above is change the following lines to reflect the old share names and the new server + printer name?

 

"SV01Dispatch-M" {$newPrinter = "\\SRV-PSTREET01\SV-01-M7"}

"SV01DriverRm-B" {$newPrinter = "\\SRV-PSTREET01\SV-01-M6"}

"SV01Fleet-C" {$newPrinter = "\\SRV-PSTREET01\SV-01-C3"}

"SV01Fleet-M" {$newPrinter = "\\SRV-PSTREET01\SV-01-M5"}

"SV01QA-M" {$newPrinter = "\\SRV-PSTREET01\SV-01-M4"}

"SV02BusFac-11x17" {$newPrinter = "\\SRV-PSTREET01\SV-02-C2"}

"SV02BusFac-M" {$newPrinter = "\\SRV-PSTREET01\SV-02-M3"}

"SV02BusFac-XR1" {$newPrinter = "\\SRV-PSTREET01\SV-02-X1"}

"SV02BusOps-M" {$newPrinter = "\\SRV-PSTREET01\SV-02-M2"}

"SV02EX-MH" {$newPrinter = "\\SRV-PSTREET01\SV-02-C1"}

"SV02TrainRoom-M" {$newPrinter = "\\SRV-PSTREET01\SV-02-M1"}

[Virtual_Jas]

I am moving from x86 to x64.

[featured_spectre]

Yes. If it fails, let me know, and what line, I will look into it, however if it does, use the migration tool above.

[Virtual_Jas]

Brill, thanks!

 

Is there a way of leaving the old printers on the server after the script has run just in case?

[FN-GM]

I am moving from x86 to x64.

 

You will need to make sure all the printers on the 2003 box have x64 drivers installed before you migrate

[featured_spectre]

I've not needed to keep the printers on the machine I am migrating from. So haven't bothered adding in a keep the printers section. Sorry!