I'm trying to sort out an issue with "Duplicate" printers getting pushed out to workstations via GPO.

I have a hunch the issue is caused by old printer deployment GPOs but I can't seem to find them.

The end result is users are ending up with duplicate printers; with the following 2 issues:

• Printer gets deployed twice:
  • SERVER\PrinterName
  • SERVER.DOMAIN.COM\PrinterName
• Printer gets deployed twice with same name:
• SERVER\PrinterName
  
• SERVER\PrinterName

In look at the printers published in the directory they show up as server.domain.com\printer; however, on the print server itself they are listed as server\printer.

GPResult:
noticed that the printers are installed "Per Machine GPO" and using SERVER\Printer. Is it possible that the printers are getting installed for all users that login to the machine and then presenting the printers to the user because it is being installed multiple times for each user?

Device Manager:
Additionally in device manager, it will list SERVER\Printer Location as "\Users\SID\Printers\^\^\SERVER^"; however it will list SERVER.DOMAIN.COM\Printer location as "Spooler Internal"

Print Server:
The print server is configured to "render print jobs on client" (if that matters?") I'm also fairly certain all WSD is disabled, doubt that is the issues since the printers are being duplicate installed from print server, not directly.