If you use the dsa.msc snap-in, you can see that manually published printers are listed using a ServerName-PrinterName format.
A printer search for ServerName* does not return any printers?
To find a printer in the Active Directory, search by the PrinterName.
If the printer was manually published, you can find it by searching on the share name.
If the printer is on a Windows 2000 computer, use the print queue name.
Active Directory Client users can search just like Windows 2000 users:
1. Start / Search / For Printers or Start / Find / Printers.
2. Using the In: box, toggle Entire Directory or a domain name.
3. Enter the parameters of the search.
4. Press Find Now.
5. You can right-click a printer and press Connect to install its' driver, or press Open to view the current printer que.
Note: The search parameters may be:
- Null (empty).
- The beginning of the Name and/or Location and/or Model.
- Any string enclosed in Asterisks, *string* or *string1*string2*.
