Thunderbolt to ethernet - Network printing

Hi there,
I'm currently trying to get an employees Macbook pro 13" Retina 2013 integrated with a windows network.
So far I have manged the boot camp installation and all other services have been integrated successfully; however it seems that our networked printers do not want to communicate successfully with the Macbook - which is networked via a Thunderbolt to Ethernet adapter.
I have tried using both the windows printer/devices wizard and the custom .bat files to solve the issue, but currently with no luck. Both methods are able to Name each of the printers on the network but not install them. The wizard is in a constant 'checking windows updates' cycle and finally coughs up and 'unable to communicate with (printer name)' Error 0x00004005 and the .bat does something similar.
Could this be a Thunderbolt/Ethernet adapter issue?
Any help on the subject would be much appreciated
Many thanks,
Luke

It is a TB-to-Ethernet adapter, not an Ethernet-to-TB adapter. There are protocol issues, too. A TB-to-Ethernet adapter takes Ethernet frames in/out and passes them to your Mac's TB bridge (you can see it in System Preferences -> Network). The Ethernet port/driver cannot convert ethernet frames into TB packets.
Why not directly plug (and also daisy chain) TB devices directly with the TB port on your computer, if it already has one?

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