Event ID 338 — AD DS Printer Publishing

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Applies To: Windows Server 2008 R2

This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.

You can publish printer information to Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) so that users can search for printers by location or other attributes. Publishing a printer creates a PrintQueue object in AD DS as a child of the print server computer account.

Event Details

Product: Windows Operating System
ID: 338
Source: Microsoft-Windows-PrintSpooler
Version: 6.1
Symbolic Name: MSG_MISSING_PRINTER_UNPUBLISHED
Message: Printer %1 was successfully removed from the Active Directory directory service. The printer can no longer be located by searching Active Directory. No user action is required.

Resolve

This is a normal condition. No further action is required.

AD DS Printer Publishing

Printing Infrastructure