Remotely Add Printer

[eggohead]

Hello,

I am using the follwing (from Microsoft KB 189105)to add a printer to a remote machine. This works fine however it takes quite a long time to copy of the driver files to the remtote machine which is on a different subnet. How can I modify the script to use the driver files on the remote machine rather than copying them over? What is the syntax to map to %windir% on a remote machine?

- Thanks for your time

rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /ia /c\\server /m "AGFA-AccuSet v52.3" /h "Intel" /v "Windows 2000" /f %windir%\inf\ntprint.inf

rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /if /b "Test Printer" /c\\SERVER /f "%windir%\inf\ntprint.inf" /r "lpt1:" /m "AGFA-AccuSet v52.3"

 

[tsuji]

Hello eggohead,

I think it is not the /f part which you are looking for some modification, it is rather the options /l:
/l[path] printer driver source path

Take a look at the win2000svr resource kit's page:

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...rver/reskit/en-us/serverop/part1/sopch04.mspx

In particular, at the section Utilities where you'll find all the options and explanations.

regards - tsuji