Install printer bat

In this tutorial, I will outline the VBS script we will leverage for port creation, and I will also describe the use of rundll32 to install print drivers silently and to create printers.

Modern Windows operating systems such as Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows Server have great built-in scripting tools and utilities. However, most users are not aware of these abilities. The guide below includes an example. Download the appropriate printer driver for the printer you will be installing.

Once downloaded, use 7-zip or other decompression tool to extract the driver packages. We do not actually want to install them.

We only want to extract them. Go back to the folder where you extracted the driver package. Now, we need to figure out which. To do this we can install the printer on a computer and then go into Printer properties and the Advanced tab to locate the name of the driver. We then just need to find the. It's very easy and you have the control to restrict printing access to specific users on certain printers if need be like a check printer for example.

Excellent, that's good to know. Also you can either set it up so that the printer "follows" the user to which ever machine they log into or set it so that certain workstations always get the same printers no matter which user logs in onto it :. To continue this discussion, please ask a new question. Get answers from your peers along with millions of IT pros who visit Spiceworks. Hello all, I was wondering if any of you would be kind enough to give advice. All help is massively appreciated.

Spiceworks Help Desk. The help desk software for IT. Track users' IT needs, easily, and with only the features you need. Thanks for your feedback. Will this work universally for other employees though if i were to share it or is the printer server ip address only going to work for myself?

I probably entered something in wrong because I removed the device from my printers to see if it would install itself but it didn't. Thanks again. Hello everyone, At my last job I was privy to a script that allowed a user to click it which installed the network printer we were all using. This thread is locked.

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