Migrate Print Servers Using Print Management

To migrate print servers using Print Management, follow these steps:

1. Open Print Management, right-click the printer server that contains the print queues and printer drivers that you want to export, and then click Export Printers To A File.
   This launches the Printer Migration Wizard.
2. Review the list of items to be exported and then click Next.
3. Click Browse to specify the location where you want to save your printer export file (*.printerExport), type a name for this file, and then click Open.
4. Click Next to export the print server's print queues and printer drivers as a compressed cabinet (CAB) file with the .printerExport extension.
5. If errors are reported during the export process, click Open Event Viewer to view the related events.
6. Click Finish to complete the export process.
7. Right-click the destination print server to which you want to import the previously exported print queues and printer drivers and then click Import Printers From A File.
8. Click Browse, find the previously saved printer export file, and double-click it.
9. Click Next, review the items to be imported, and then click Next again.
10. Choose the options you want to select on the Select Import Options page of the wizard (these options are described following this procedure).
11. Click Next. If errors are reported during the import process, click Open Event Viewer to view the related events.
12. Click Finish to complete the export process.

Note If the printers being migrated were deployed using Group Policy, you can use Group Policy to remove the deployed printer connections from users' computers before migrating your print server. When the migration is complete, you can use Group Policy to redeploy the migrated printers.

The available options on the Select Import Options page are:

• Import Mode Specifies what to do if a specific print queue already exists on the destination print server. The possible choices are:
  • Keep Existing Printers; Import Copies (the default)
  • Overwrite Existing Printers
• List In The Directory Specifies whether to publish the imported print queues in AD DS. The possible choices are:
  • List Printers That Were Previously Listed (the default)
  • List All Printers
  • Don't List Any Printers
• Convert LPR Ports To Standard Port Monitors Specifies whether to convert Line Printer Remote (LPR) printer ports in the printer settings file to the faster Standard Port Monitor when importing printers.