Adding printers to Terminal Server 2008 for all users

Hi! I'm trying to add a printer to a terminal server for all users that log in. I've been reading around and this seems like a working solution:
Rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /ga /c\\localcomputername /n\\servername\printername
So I ran this with the proper parameters. Nothing shows up in Devices and Printers with the name I specified. I rebooted the server, still nothing. I re-run the command above and it tells me there's already a printer defined with that name.
I look at Devices and Printers and the name I specified still isn't there. Why doesn't the above command work like it's supposed to?
Thanks!

Thanks, yes, that was the first command I tried (without the /c). All subsequent attempts tell me the printer already exists yet it definitely does not show up under Devices and Printers. I ran the above logged in as Administrator with an elevated
command prompt. The printer can't be seen from this login or a 'normal' user login.

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