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TCP/IP Printer Installs - My Scripts

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Dan Sadler

This has been a question I've seen many times and I've seen a few articles on this.  I wanted to share my scripts that I'm using to hopefully help some others out. 

First - Using PDQ Deploy I used the File Copy and deployed the folder with ALL my companies print drivers. We use Konica Minolta as a reference. So my Folder is located C:\Koinca Minolta\   under that I have 4 other folders that are specific to each printer.   

Second - Create a  .BAT file with the following and add this in PDQ under a CMD Step - Attach Batch Script. 

WMIC PRINTER where PortName="IPADDRESS" delete

WMIC PRINTER where PortName="IPADDRESS_1" delete

cscript %WINDIR%\system32\Printing_Admin_Scripts\en-US\prnport.vbs -a -r "IP_IPADDRESS" -h IPADDRESS -o raw -n 9100

Cscript %WINDIR%\system32\Printing_Admin_Scripts\en-US\prndrvr.vbs -a -m "NAME FROM INF FILE" -i "FULL PATH WITH INF FILE" -h "FULL PATH TO DRIVER FOLDER"

Cscript %WINDIR%\system32\Printing_Admin_Scripts\en-US\Prnmngr.vbs -a -p "PRINTERNAME" -m "KONICA MINOLTA C364SeriesPCL" -r IP_IPADDRESS

Third Step - I created a Separate CMD step and added the following. This will make the printer you just created the Default Printer.  I put it a separate step because I had the best luck running it separate. If I put in the first bat file it wouldn't actually assign as the default.  I'm guessing if you could put a few pause steps in it that would work, but it was just as easy to make it's own step.

Cscript %WINDIR%\system32\Printing_Admin_Scripts\en-US\prnmngr.vbs -t -p "PRINTERNAME"

 

Any questions let me know. 

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    Jteegarden

    See I set up a method for doing our printer drivers as well, but before we had PDQ Deploy under our arsenal. It involves using only the vbs printing scripts, no WMIC required. I just have our drivers on a network share that can be used by our set up account. I actually have two different versions of the batch that I scripted, one for CLI use and the other for an interactive installation. We have at most 10 printers to install at once, or at the least 2. I can give you an empty version of the scripts if you would like, though I'm thinking about switching to Powershell for it instead.

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    Dan Sadler

    I only used the WMIC so i could remove an existing printer with the same IP Address, so when it installed again, it would have my Common Name Scheme.  The WMIC isn't really required but I wanted to remove ANY printer that was already listed with a specific IP Address.

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