Changes

Windows Server 2008 also provides the ability to migrate both printers and print queues from one print server to another. This makes it easy to, for example, take a print server off-line for maintenance or to permanently re-assign a printer from one print server to another. Because both the printer and its print queue can be migrated the migration is transparent to any users that may currently be using the printers in question. The steps outlined below assume that print Management has been configured to manage both the source and target print servers as outlined in the preceding section of this chapter. If this is not the case, the printer export file will need to be copied onto the destination server or made available via file sharing and imported using Print Management on that server.

Once the required settings are configured, click ''Next'' to initiate the printer import process. The printer configurations, drivers and queues will be subsequently be imported onto the target print server. If errors are reported click on the ''Open Event Viewer'' button to obtain additional information. In particular, be mindful of printers that were physically connected to the source print server. Since they are not physically connected to the target server an error will likely occur during the migration. Even if the printer was physically moved to the target system prior to migration it is also possible that it is connected to a different physical port to that used on the source server. Such probelsm can be resolved by right clicking on the imported printer in Print Management, selecting ''Properties'' and making the necessary configuration changes.