PrintBrm.exe - Migrating printers from Server 2008 R2 to 2012 R2

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to migrate our printers from a Windows Server 2008 R2 to a brand new Windows Server 2012 R2. While doing this, we also want to switch the drivers to a newer version. As I successfully tried this a year before with the PrintBrm.exe (but from Server 2008 R2 to another Server 2008 R2), I choosed this tool again.

Unfortunately it fails at some point this time. The printer export and import succeeds every time, but if I'm trying to print a testpage on the new server, it won't stop printing hyroglyphs... Only if I install a printer manually (same driver), it works fine.

Do you have any solutions or ideas for that? For better troubleshooting, I attached an image of one failed testpage and the code I've written, too. Looking forward for some ideas.

Best regards, Andreas

Export: PrintBrm.exe -B -S \\server -F C:\Tools\filename.printerExport -nobin

Import: PrintBrm.exe -R -F filename.printerExport -C BrmConfig.xml –O FORCE

BrmConfig:

<BrmConfig><PLUGINS></PLUGINS><LanguageMonitors></LanguageMonitors><DriverMap><DRV old="HP Universal Printing PCL 6" new="HP Universal Printing PCL 6 (v5.8.0)" /><DRV old="HP Universal Printing PCL 6 (v5.2)" new="HP Universal Printing PCL 6 (v5.8.0)" /><DRV old="HP Color LaserJet CP1510 series PCL6" new="HP Universal Printing PCL 6 (v5.8.0)" /><DRV old="HP LaserJet P3011/P3015 PCL6" new="HP Universal Printing PCL 6 (v5.8.0)" /></DriverMap></BrmConfig>