Este procedimiento es como el de migración de datos, instead of moving data, Printers are moved with two other Microsoft tools, PRINTMIG (HERE) and FIXPRNSV (is on the MS Windows CD 2003, si no lo puedes buscar bájatelo, but it's 14Mb! HERE). It does the same as the previous one, copies NT4-based server drivers (SERVERNT) to Windows-based server 2003 (SERVER02) y las comparte con el mismo nombre que tenían antes.

This image shows the start, how printers are shared on the SERVERNT and how on the server 2003 There is none.

Lo primero es copiar al Windows NT4 el archivo FIXPRNSV (HERE) y ejecutarlo desde linea de comandos, esto lo que hace es comprobar que los drivers que hay en el NT4 no esten dañados o simplemente los actualiza a la versión del 2003. Simplemente desde MSDOS del NT4, desde el path del NT4, Run “fixprnsv” y cerramos.

Once the above has been done, we run the PRINTMIG (HERE) from Windows NT4, and what we will do is a backup of all the drivers that you have installed from printers and their statuses. To do this, “Actions” > “Backup…”

We tell you where we want to save the copy .CAB.

Ok, We close it. And we move the generated NT4 file (the backup CAB file) to Windows 2003 to restore it.

What I said, already from Windows 2003 (SERVER02), we run the PRINTMIG, “Actions” > “Restore…”

We select the CAB from before…

Ok and we close.

And we have already verified that all the printers are in the SERVER02 (Windows 2003), shared and with the same name. The only thing left is to unshare them from NT4, that this program does not make it automated.