Publishing Printers in AD DS

By default, when printers are installed on Windows Server 2003 or later print servers and are shared over the network, they are also automatically listed in AD DS. However, other network printers-such as stand-alone TCP/IP or WSD network printers-might not be listed in AD DS. You will need to add them manually to the directory so that users can search for them in the directory.

To add a network printer to AD DS manually, do one of the following using Print Management:

• Right-click the printer and select List In Directory.
• Open the printer's Properties dialog box, click the Sharing tab, and then select the List In The Directory check box.

You can also remove printers from AD DS either by clearing the List In The Directory check box or by right-clicking the printer and selecting Remove From Directory. You can remove printers from AD DS to prevent users from installing them manually by using the Add Printer Wizard from the Printers Control Panel item.

After a printer is published in AD DS, users can search AD DS using the Add Printer Wizard and manually install a printer connection on their computers. This allows users to print to a network printer. For more information, see the section titled "Searching for Printers" later in this tutorial.