Question : Printer Migration from Windows 2003 to Windows 2008 R2

I am looking for a method of moving shared printers from a Windows 2003 server to Server 2008 R2. I have tried to use Print Management in Windows 7 to export to a file and recover however I get an "0x0000052e" error when trying to connect to the 2003 print server. I am therefore looking for another method.

Thanks

Aidan
 

Answer : Printer Migration from Windows 2003 to Windows 2008 R2

There's the issue.

32-bit printer drivers don't migrate well (or more often, at all) to Windows 64-bit editions due to the changes in the way the kernel interacts with printers. Further, I've found HP printers using HP printing ports (as opposed to standard TCP/IP ports) won't migrate at all even if they are supported.

For each printer on the Windows 2003 server, see if there's a Windows 2008 compatible driver update; it may help in the migration. Otherwise, you're sadly in the boat of re-created them by hand.