======Microsoft - Active Directory - Group Policy - Preferences - Printers====== ====CRUD mode==== // Tested on Windows Server 2012 R2. // ALWAYS add printers with Action set to Create. NEVER set it to Replace (or set "Remove this item when it is no longer applied"), unless you want: * All printers with Replace action to be removed and re-created at *every* group policy refresh. * The default printer to be set to the printer that is at 1 in the Order of the group policy printer preferences at *every* group policy refresh. Even if the user selected one of the other printers from the same GPO as default. Sources: - Personal experience. - [[https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/6bbb0877-1df3-47dc-a5b8-2d8586be88da/gpp-tcpip-printers-uninstallreinstall-durring-background-refresh?forum=winserverGP|Microsoft - Windows Server Forum - GPP TCP/IP Printers Uninstall/Reinstall durring background refresh]] - [[https://deployhappiness.com/best-practices-for-group-policy-printer-preferences/|DeployHappiness - Best Practices for Group Policy Printer Preferences]]