Hello,

 

First i want to say thanks for everyone's help here so far, I know some of my questions might seem beginner-ish but thats caus they are, thanks to everyone for a warm welcome to the site in helping me to address my concerns.

 

Now to the issue, I want to be able to set the default printer for a specific user, how can this be done? and also can this be done per machine ? I want to do all this from the server and not have to go and set each one manually. thanks

Yes you can, but you must deploy printers with Group Policy.

 

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754699.aspx

The printers are deployed using group policy but how do I set it so they are the default printer as well.

Take a look:

 

http://blogs.technet.com/b/grouppolicy/archive/2009/06/24/gp-preferences-set-a-default-printer.aspx

I'll take a look, thanks

You're welcome!