Hey guys,
I just set up Print Management on our virtualized Windows 2008 R2 DC. There's a mix of 50 printers (majority HP, with a mix of Konica Minolta, Ricoh, and Zebra), all installed with the x86 and x64 drivers.
Since administrator access is needed by default to install print drivers, I disabled point and print restrictions via Group Policy as per Microsoft's instructions in their "Print Management Step by Step" guide. I even took things a step further and enabled the "System/Driver Installation" group policy setting to "Allow non-administrators to install drivers for these device setup classes" though I am not 100% if this policy is even necessary.
Anyways, most printers are installing perfectly just by adding the network printer wizard and clicking on the printers published in Active Directory. But of course, not everything is...