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已答复 Trying to make a printer default on a remote PC using DOS batch file

  • Wednesday, May 16, 2012 3:48 AM
     
     
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    I am trying to install printers remotely using the following DOS command

    rundll32 printui.dll PrintUIEntry /ga /n\\print_Server Name\Printer_Name /c\\Computer_name

    in the same batch file I am trying to make the installed printer default for all user profiles (XP Pro)

    I have been using the follwing DOS command:

    rundll32 printui.dll PrintUIEntry /y /n\\print_server_name\Printer_Name /c\\Computer_Name

    then using the DOS SC command to stop and start the remote print spooler

    can someone please help as the printer is installing but not setting as default printer

     

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  • Thursday, May 17, 2012 5:56 AM
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    Hi,


    I'd like to confirm what is the OS version?


    I'd like to suggest to use Printer Server and Group Policy to achieve the target.


    Deploy printers by using Group Policy
    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc722179(v=WS.10).aspx


    In addition, if there is any windows 2008/vista and later, we can use GPP to deploy the printer:


    Printers Extension
    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731562


    Hope this helps!


    Best regards
    Elytis Cheng

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  • Thursday, May 17, 2012 8:14 PM
     
     
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    Thanks for answering,

    The print server is Windows server 2003 SP2, the enviroment is as follows Windows 7 x86, Windows7 x64, Windows XP Pro SP3,

    there are 76 printer objects and just under 1000 computers/laptops.

    This is a rual  WAN Hospital environment in New Zealand

    Pieter


    • Edited by Pieter Boks Thursday, May 17, 2012 9:52 PM
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  • Friday, May 18, 2012 12:00 AM
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    The use of the /ga flag is to add the printer during the next user logon.  I think the spooler will also do this on a spooler restart.  I suspect the printer is not added until you have restarted the spooler and thus can't set the default.  I suggest placing the spooler restart before the setdefault call as well as a sleep for at least 120 seconds.  60 seconds for the spooler to finalize initialization and 60 seconds to download driver and add connection.

    I'm assuming the server name difference is a typo in the message.

    rundll32 printui.dll PrintUIEntry /ga /n\\print_Server Name\Printer_Name /c\\Computer_name

    rundll32 printui.dll PrintUIEntry /y /n\\print_server_name\Printer_Name /c\\Computer_Name

    Alan Morris Windows Printing Team

     
  • Friday, May 18, 2012 1:21 AM
     
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    In vbscript it could be easy to deal with too.

    How to Add a Default Printer Using a Visual Basic Script

    or

    http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/Logon/LogonScript_Printer_Bonus.htm#Example_1_-_Set_Default_Printer_Script

    It would be like that (pasted from above website);

    Option Explicit
Dim objNetwork, strUNCPrinter
strUNCPrinter = "\\LittleServer\HP LaserJet 2420"
Set objNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network") 
objNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection strUNCPrinter
' Here is where we set the default printer to strUNCPrinter
objNetwork.SetDefaultPrinter strUNCPrinter
WScript.Quit

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  • Sunday, May 20, 2012 8:49 PM
     
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    Thanks for the answers Yagmoth555 and Alan, I appreciate the time and effort of both of you, below is the batch file I have come up with.

    echo

    rundll32 printui.dll printUIEntry /ga /n\\PS1\WICTDBW1

    sleep 5

    net stop spooler

    sleep 5

    net start spooler

    sleep 5

    rundll32 printui.dll printUIEntry /y /n\\PS1\WICTDBW1

    sleep 5

    net stop spooler

    sleep 5

    net start spooler

    sleep 5

    exit


    • Edited by Pieter Boks Sunday, May 20, 2012 11:53 PM
    • Marked As Answer by Pieter Boks Wednesday, May 23, 2012 11:20 PM
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  • Wednesday, May 23, 2012 11:22 PM
     
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    Thanks for the help guys, the bachfile is now going through change control.

    With thanks

    Pieter

    • Marked As Answer by Pieter Boks Thursday, May 24, 2012 1:32 AM
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