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ZZT231
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Registry to Add IP Printers Thu, 23 December 2004 05:06 Go to next message
Hey All,

Does anyone know a script/registry entry where I can execute it to install various types of printers on different IP Address.

Can any one help?
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rsdeo
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Re: Registry to Add IP Printers Sun, 26 December 2004 15:01 Go to previous messageGo to next message
What OS?

For Microsoft the drivers that came with the printer should handle that in the setup. When installing the drivers it should ask whether it is a local or remote printer. Use remote and follow through there.
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Re: Registry to Add IP Printers Sun, 26 December 2004 22:50 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Yeah It's Microsoft (2000/XP). I want to be able to deploy a single genreal SOE to the whole building (5 Levels). They have a central printing location on each floor. I want to be able to assign people on the floor using either a group policy or ZEN (last resort) via deparments then deploy a group batch file to install the printers... Instead of making 20 different SOEs coz the printers are different with other minor stuff.

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Re: Registry to Add IP Printers Mon, 27 December 2004 00:22 Go to previous messageGo to next message
you should be using active directory for this so you define the printer once (at a centralised printer server) and allow/deny access based on group permissions etc...

ADS lets you define all your access/restrictions during logon rather than relying on users to run a batch file or requiring a local tech todo it...

if you're reticent to use an enterprice server (and i would be)... have a look at LDAP servers runing on unix servers providing the authentication and 'directory' information like location of network printers - then using cheapo linux boxes to privide print queues/servers using CUPS and/or Samba.

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beterthenu
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Re: Registry to Add IP Printers Tue, 28 December 2004 13:33 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Read this article -
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb; EN-US;q314486

OR

Here is the script. Just create a text file with the
below text and rename it to .vbs



'-------------------------------------------
' Printer Install
'-------------------------------------------

Dim net
Set net = CreateObject("WScript.Network")
net.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\nyprnt\printj1 (file://nyprnt/printj1)"

'-------------------------------------------
' You can add multiple printers and shortcuts
' by copying the above data and editing the paths

**taken from http://forums.aspfree.com/archive/t-26269



OR

.vbs script again -

Set WshNetwork = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Network")
PrinterPath = "\\Dubbo2\Label"
WshNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection PrinterPath
WshNetwork.SetDefaultPrinter PrinterPath


simply create one for each printer and execute from login script.



all are examples of scripts currently being used. asuming that you have structured your AD properly you can simply apply the correct policy to the concerning terminals.

altho ZEN does allow you to much cooler things, much more easly if you have a range of client OS'

need any more assistance just give me a yell.

[Updated on: Tue, 28 December 2004 13:35]

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ZZT231
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Re: Registry to Add IP Printers Wed, 29 December 2004 08:11 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Thanks beterthenu, that is what I was looking for but didn't know what to look for! Now I have to figure out how to deploy it with Symantec Ghost (how to use AI) and all is set (When I go to work after 4th January)...

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beterthenu
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Re: Registry to Add IP Printers Thu, 30 December 2004 11:49 Go to previous message
RIS would much better than ghost. Of couse only if your workstations are MS OS'
ZEN is also nice, but not as fast.
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