Install printer via script

Verify your account to enable IT peers to see that you are a professional. For anyone curious, here's the script I came up with: Powershell. View this "Best Answer" in the replies below ». Which of the following retains the information it's storing when the system power is turned off? Submit ». Muzrall This person is a verified professional. Tim Good This person is a verified professional. Am I missing something or if you run the auto config, get the paper trays etc, then export those settings it should be retained when installing via rundll32 printui.

Hey there Michael. I work with a lot of them in my environment and am curious if I have successfully scripted said model before. When running the line rundll32 printui. You caught me right before a long vacation. You can obscure the IP address for security if you wish.

That being said, the printui. Thank you so much for this information. It was very helpful. I am getting an 0Xc error on the rundll32 printui. Do you have any suggestions? Like Liked by 1 person. You are commenting using your WordPress.

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Notify me of new posts via email. Q's Tech Babble. To know if you need a cert, install the printer in a test environment and see if a certificate prompt like the following is displayed: If so, click the Install button and finish installing the printer. Import Custom Settings Settings like tray options, paper type, and color modes will all be set to the manufacturer defaults.

Uninstall Printer If the printer needs to be uninstalled, the command is an easy one-liner: rundll32 printui. Share this: Twitter Facebook. Like this: Like Loading If I need to replace a newly added driver to almost all the printers in the environment, please let me know the command Like Like.

Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. I think may actually be over thinking this one. Open up notepad. In reply to Charlie Klausen's post on June 6, Thanks, Will this work universally for other employees though if i were to share it or is the printer server ip address only going to work for myself? In reply to JDeM22's post on June 6, As long as the printers are shared properly, and they have access to the server, they should have no issue running the batch file.

In reply to Charlie Klausen's post on June 7, In reply to JDeM22's post on June 7, It should show you what is shared out on that server, including the printers. Hi, It came up with an error stating "A device attached to the system is not functioning"?