In the situation I was in, I was required to copy CON2PRT.EXE to the local machine as part of my script. It also required the mapping of a network drive to do this. Maybe I didn't have to do that - I dunno. I didn't have a lot of time to work on it.
Also, I do want to point out that in Windows 2000, once the drivers are installed, you don't really "install" printers as much as you "connect" to them. Much the same way that you map a network drive. So having your script continually try and install the printers would not create any problems for you. I believe it would just verify the printer connection and if not present, re-connect it. Does that make sense? Ben Winzenz, MCSE Network/Systems Administrator Peregrine Systems -----Original Message----- From: Dustin Krysak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 11:21 AM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: RE: *Auto Install Printers Script* Other than the ability to specify which printer to delete, is there any real advantage to this one over con2prt? I am in a total w2k environment.... And does anyone know of a way to "check" if the printer is installed already, and skip over the install if this is the case? IS this possible from a batch file? Thanks! ------ Dustin -----Original Message----- From: Benjamin Winzenz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: February 6, 2002 7:43 AM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: RE: *Auto Install Printers Script* I was just looking into this. IF the computers in question are Windows 2000 ONLY, then you can use the following commands in a batch file rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /dn /n \\servername\printer - used to delete network printers rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /n \\servername\printer - used to add network printers. The advantage to doing it this way is that you can tell it to only delete certain printers (versus with CON2PRT it will only delete ALL network printers). As far as adding printers, they work about the same. CON2PRT will work with NT4 as well as 2K. Ben Winzenz, MCSE Network/Systems Administrator Peregrine Systems -----Original Message----- From: Dustin Krysak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 11:43 AM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: RE: *Auto Install Printers Script* I got con2prt to work (not that it was hard), and it seems to not duplicate the install. ------ Dustin Krysak -----Original Message----- From: Larry A. Duncan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: February 4, 2002 5:59 PM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: RE: *Auto Install Printers Script* Kixtart. Read the docs. con2prt.exe. Resource Kit. Read the docs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------- Larry A. Duncan Field Systems Engineer, Altiris, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.altiris.com Direct: (615) 599-5031 Toll-Free: (800) 869-9747 Cellular: (615) 500-3855 Fax: (615) 599-5259 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------- -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of W2K Discussions Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 3:01 PM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: *Auto Install Printers Script* I was wondering if anyone knew of a good way to auto install HP printers in a W2K pro/Server environment with a logon script? And if possible have the script check to see if the printer is already installed? Thanks in advance! Dustin ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.320 / Virus Database: 179 - Release Date: 1/30/2002 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.320 / Virus Database: 179 - Release Date: 1/30/2002 ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
