Printers undeployed by GPO print management keep reappearing!

I would really appreciate some help as this is causing major issues. I initially tried deploying printers via print management to the Terminal Servers and it didn't work out. Many printing defaults would not propogate to the Terminal Servers and there was
no known fix. I went through the steps of undeploying them through print management and let it run overnight.
When we log on to the TS', they seem to slowly start coming in. I can delete them but then they'll reappear when GP updates. I cannot get rid of them. Again, it was based on computer config, not user config (if that makes a difference). I need to know how
to get rid of them permanently please. I've read other forums/threads about removing the GP/OU entirely but I cannot do that so I assume it's a reg key somewhere that I need to delete. Does anyone know? I beg you to please not redirect me to other threads
and forums as I've spent almost 35 hours doing that already and they either don't apply or do not work.

Hi Lynnette74,
Firstly, please run the command Gpupdate /force to apply the GPO settings on the problematic client. Then, please run the command
Gpresult /h > C:\temp\gpresult.html (“C:\temp\” is the path of the gpresult.html, you can set it yourself) on the problematic client to check if the GPO which configured printers still applies.
In addition, it would be helpful if you could collect the following information:
Do all the clients or only some clients have the issue?
How did you set the GPO which configured the printer?
Regards,
Lany Zhang

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Even though this is a "machine" connection, the connection is created in each users security context. Default printers are tied to user profiles and settings.
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That is possible. Let me summarize your current configuration and you can correct me.
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Hi everybody,
please let me crarify first my network configuration and proceed to my question.
We have a domain.
Domain controller is windows server 2003 standard edition, with it' schema upgrade to the schema of windows server 2008 R2, via the adprep32.exe procedure.
Print server is a windows server 2008 R2, joined to the above domain. I've used the group policy management in this server to create gpo's for printer deployment.
I've created a gpo in each organizational unit from this server according to this article http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles-tutorials/windows-2003/Deploying-Printers-Group-Policy-Windows-R2.html
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Have an odd printing issue that seems to be ongoing and am trying to come up with a good solution or fix for it.
We have an environment that has a Windows 2012R2 Print Server, that is sharing various printers which are also set to List in Directory. Some of the printers are HP and are using the HP Universal driver which shows as "True" for Packaged in
the print management window, and some of the printers are Canon which are using device specific drivers and show as "False" for Packaged. My understanding is that the packaged attribute simply indicates that Point and Print can then download
the driver and install/use it without any security prompts whereas if it is not Packaged, then the driver must be installed on the local server/workstation by an Administrator. We have Group Policy defined such that all Point and Print restrictions are
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Alan, I'm getting this error 600 in my company. Is there any fix for this problem?
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I also notice that if I copy the driver \\server\print$\x64\PCC\ntprint.inf_amd64_a7ac65d1b7714fb1.cab
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