Installing local Postscript printer on remote PC with VBS

Hello all,

I am having difficulty locating information on how to install via
script a Postscript printer driver on a remote PC. I tried adding a
locally installed PS print-to-file printer to one computer then used
the standard code of:

Set WshNetwork = CreateObject( "WScript.Network ")
WshNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\path\printer_name "

This will attempt to add the printer but not the drivers. I've been
looking at all of the WMI attributes for adding \ intalling printer
drivers but am unable to locate any....

Any thoughts?

PS: Desktop are running Win2k Pro and servers still at NT4.0 with WMI
core installed....

thanks.

Bart

 

Have you tried using printui.dll from a Win2k client machine instead?
\\machine is the remote target computer name (the machine the driver will be installed on).
For example...

Code:

rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /if /b  "HP Laserjet 4M/4M Plus PS 600" /f %windir%\inf\ntprint.inf /r  "file:" /c\\machine /m  "HP Laserjet 4/4M Plus PS 600 "

If you had a lot of clients, you could use a FOR loop in your batch file.

See 189105

 

Angel....all I can say is YOU ROCK. That information is exactly what I was looking for.....I was definitely looking in the wrong places and making life unnecessarily difficult for myself...

Thanks again...

Bart