Traditionally, you used scripting to deploy printers. With this method, you create a logon or startup script and deploy this logon script via Group Policies. When machines start up or users log on, the logon script automatically sets up printers.

Once you have set up a shared printer, such as the shared Sales Group color printer, as shown in this chapter, you can deploy it. There are several ways to automate local client printer deployment, including using PowerShell, WMI, the Printui.dll utility, and the Wscript.Network COM object. All of these methods have been in use for a long time and are quite efficient, although PowerShell is the preferred way, naturally.