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Jeff Harlow
Feb 27, 2019Iron Contributor
Printer Drivers
We are an AzureAD only environment. All of our printers are accessible via add a printer. However, several printers are Sharp MFD which Windows Update does not have drivers for. So these printers can...
Mar 06, 2019
Hi Jeff,
you could set some registry keys to allow standard users to install printer drivers. The GPO settings are described here: https://theitbros.com/allow-non-admins-install-printer-drivers-via-gpo/
and you can use https://gpsearch.azurewebsites.net/ to look up the GPO settings to get the registry keys. When you gathered everything you need write a PowerShell script to deploy the settings/regkeys and the users are able to install printer drivers.
best,
Oliver
- Jeff HarlowMar 06, 2019Iron Contributor
Thanks for the response Oliver. However that would not solve the issue. The problem is not rather the user had permssions to install the printer but because there is no driver from Windows Update that matches during install it fails. Right now, I have to go download the setup.exe and run for the Sharp printer then it will install