War On Errors Sign In
Home Mission Search Get Help
Article ID: 31439
Last Reviewed: 5/10/2010 1:10:01 PM

Migrate printers from Windows 2003 print server to Windows 2008 server

Problem

Migrate printers from Windows 2003 print server to Windows 2008

Resolution

FYI: This only applies to 32bit to 32bit conversions or 64 to 64 but not 32 to 64.

  1. Click on Server Manager
  2. Scroll down to Roles Summary and click on Add Roles
  3. Check the box for Print Services and follow the wizard to install
  4. After it is installed, Click Start > Administrative Tools > Print Management
  5. Expand the tree, then right click on Print Servers and click on Add/Remove Servers
  6. Enter the name of the print server you want to migrate the printers off of and select Add to List, then click Apply
  7. Right Click on that Printer in the tree and select Export Printers to a File and save that file on your desktop
  8. After the export is complete, right click on your new server in the tree
  9. Select Import Printer from a File, and select the export from your desktop
  10. Follow the wizard and you are done!
Keywords:
print server Windows 2003 print serverMigrate printers Print server migration 32bit to 32bit printer migrations Windows 2008 Print Server