InTune - Deploying local network printers

[Patrick]

Hi all,

 

Just asking for advice really, a school I support have gone down the InTune route for staff laptops (small primary, only around 12 laptops for staff). They will over time transition to the cloud fully for the student devices and retire the server but they aren't there yet.  It's gone fine so far, however I'm pondering the best way for printing. They don't have PaperCut or the likes, and have authentication print from the print driver, simple 4 digit code and the popup authentication is configured in the default driver on the print server. They are not fully cloud or even hybrid in the true sense and still have an onsite DC. Has anyone installed local network printers on InTune devices before? Ideally I like to add the printer from the print server so it pulls down the default settings it needs for the authentication. If I script install the printer locally on each device I'd need to be able to script the printing defaults as well, otherwise it won't work. 

 

Any ideas or am I stuck with doing it manually?

[thimon]

If scripting doesn’t work, you could create a shortcut to your printer network share, where users can right click and install the printer(s). Setting default print settings on the print server in printer management will ensure your desired default settings will apply. 

[mukz]

@Patrick what manufacturer are the printers? adding a printer is easy, its the driver part where it takes some testing.

[Patrick]

Hi! They are Konica Minolta. I've seen lots of guides about deploying drivers, which looks a bit tricky! But the configuring of the driver once installed seems a bit of challenge! 

[Patrick]

14 hours ago, thimon said:

If scripting doesn’t work, you could create a shortcut to your printer network share, where users can right click and install the printer(s). Setting default print settings on the print server in printer management will ensure your desired default settings will apply. 

 

Ah brilliant. This might actually be a solution! I'll look into this. I could just deploy a basic script to the desktop to map the printer. Not exactly automated but it's not too much of reach to get the staff to do it. 

[cheekycharly]

I have a script that I wrapped up as a .intunewin installer. The install runs on Admin logins then it is done for all users that login on that computer. We have roughly 6 Kyocera copiers here and nobody has complained so far.

[Passat1983ICTech]

please try this out https://msendpointmgr.com/2022/01/03/install-network-printers-intune-win32apps-powershell/