Adding network printers via command line in AD

[Guest]

I've recently learned how to add network printers via the command line for
all users on a workstation. I'm looking to take this a little further, using
the "Add Global Printer Remotely" command I am able to remotely add a printer
to a machine, is there a way for me to possibly add a printer to a large
group of workstations at once, or to an OU in Active Directory?

Thanks in advance!

 

[ptwilliams]

I'm not familiar with that command, but you can easily automate the command
using batch files.

You can also script this kind of thing with VBScript, or any WSH-compatible
script.

There's also a resource-kit tool that I can't remember the name of...


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Paul Williams

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I've recently learned how to add network printers via the command line for
all users on a workstation. I'm looking to take this a little further,
using
the "Add Global Printer Remotely" command I am able to remotely add a
printer
to a machine, is there a way for me to possibly add a printer to a large
group of workstations at once, or to an OU in Active Directory?

Thanks in advance!

 

[lforbes]

Hi,

is there a way for me to possibly add a printer to a large
group of workstations at once, or to an OU in Active Directory

Hi,

I use the following in a .bat file and then assign it as a startup
script for computers. I have printers per computer rather than per
user. There are a lot of options including deleting and adding local
printers and setting default printers. Type rundll32
printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /? at the command line to see all the
options.

rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /q /n "\\server\printer"

I haven’t heard of the "add global printer remotely" command. Where
did you learn of it?

Cheers,

Lara

 

[Hank Arnold]

Could you tell us how you add network printers? I'm interested....