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Best way to add drivers for a printer via MDT?

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Wednesday, January 6, 2016 5:26 AM

I have some computers where I'm deploying the image via MDT currently and we just had all our printers upgraded/changed. 

What would be the best way to push out the driver updates to all our users? Should I include it in the driver list for for each relevant machine? Have a ruleset that asks to install the printer? as an application?

I've read a few different methods online on how to do it, but looking for best practice and ease of deployment. 

Thanks

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Thursday, January 7, 2016 7:27 AM âś…Answered

Hello angela,

Thanks for the post. In your case, it's hard to say what's the best way to deploy the drivers as the scenarios are different.

As you'd like to use the MDT to push the driver update, then I would suggest you to check the article which contains a detailed steps and you can refer to it:

https://4sysops.com/archives/driver-deployment-with-microsoft-deployment-toolkit-mdt-part-1-os-deployment/

Hope it helps.

Best Regards,

Elaine

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Sunday, January 24, 2016 11:59 PM

Hi Elaine

I had a look at a different number of options and have opted to deploy them via GPO instead. 

It seems to have worked very well. On AD for the Group Policy I put the following settings:


Doing it this way has worked very well, and I can adjust the deployed printers as I choose, so happy with this solution. 

Resource used: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-au/library/cc753269.aspx#BKMK_DeployPrinterConnections

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