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Script to add printers to Win2K/XP

  • 01-12-2005 12:50pm
    #1
    po0k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,817 ✭✭✭✭


    It will save me alot of useless running around if I can create a user-downloadable script to add arbitrary printers (by hostname) to their machine.
    http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=263226 was the first one I came across, but I don't like the idea of asking non-techie users to execute random VB scripts.
    https://engineering.purdue.edu/ECN/Resources/KnowledgeBase/Docs/20040216090320 looks more promising and should be single-click-able after I pack the bits into a zip executable.

    Can anyone suggest something better?


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  • #2
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,596 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    If the printers are shared at IP level there was a script to add that - but I'd rather keep the queues so you can manage them.

    Hang on a sec ....... D'Oh

    Try this on a command prompt

    START \\serverName\PrinterName

    ( use NET VIEW \\ServerName to see the share names)

    Not sure how it works if spaces in share names - I avoid them if possible

    IIRC it's only admin/power users who can install the printer the first time,


  • #3
    po0k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,817 ✭✭✭✭po0k


    Aye, the users are expected to have admin rights.
    The printers are connected over straight IP, but I want to use their (dns) hostnames in order to future proof this a bit, as the IP address ranges more than likely will change in the future. I don't want to connect them using smb-shares.
    What I'm worried about is that the target group of host machines may have a mix of IP and host-name-type configs for the printers, or that the meta/driver names on both the old and the new printer entry may conflict (though I doubt that should be an issue nowadays).

    Last thing I'm a bit concerned about is the delivery method (winzip executable running a batch script to merge the regkeys and start-stop the services) being flagged as a trojan by the AV software.
    I'll suck it and see, but thanks for the command options.


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