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Add/Update drivers on the print server

elyounsi
over 4 years ago

Dears,

Our goal is to avoid ours IT to access to any servers.

We grant them with delegation on OUs , only problem how they can add/upgrade printers and drivers on the print servers?

the second needs, It is now forbidden to use the local administrator account but for some tasks, administrators need permissions and privileges on computers. how we  can give the permissions,  with Active roles,without compromising security ?

thx for your help

  • 0 over 4 years ago

    Hello, elyounsi.

    There are some abilities to manage local server resource via Active Roles, but they do not extend to installing or updating printer drivers. You can, for example, delegate the ability to manage print queues, pause a printer, start/stop services, manage local groups/users, manage shares, and other things - but not do exactly what you're asking for.

    You might want to look at using Group Policy instead. There is, for example, a group policy setting called Allow non-administrators to install drivers for these device setup classes. This may be a better path to providing what you're looking for.

    Cheers,
    Shawn.

  • 0 over 1 year ago

    To add client printer drivers to the print server

    Open Print Management.
    In the left pane, click Print Servers, click the applicable print server, and then click Printers.
    In the center pane, right-click the printer to which you want to add additional printer drivers, and then click Manage Sharing.
    Click Additional Drivers. The Additional Drivers dialog box appears.
    Select the check box of the processor architecture for which you want to add drivers.
    If the print server does not already have the appropriate printer drivers in its driver store, Windows prompts you for the location of the driver files. Download and extract the appropriate driver files, and then in the dialog box that appears, specify the path to the .inf file of the driver.

    Regards,
    Peter