Installing network printer through batch file

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I'm not aware of a way to create a Standard TCP/IP printer port via script,
but you might want to see if the Print Migrator tool at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads [...] layLang=en
is any help.


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"Eric Dreksler" <ericd AT accessoneinc DOT com> wrote in message
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> Hello all,
>
> I'm looking to see if I can install an IP Port printer through a batch
> file.
>
> Long story, short. Half of our office prints throug a Cannon ir5000i, w/
> the print queue on the network (so they all already have the driver
> installed). They are moving to a new office w/ a new subnet. I have a
> batch file I've written to speed up the network protocols change over, and
> would like to be able to tackle the printer as well. Also, the clients
> will now print directly through the Cannons internal print server, so I
> need to configure them as IP Ports.
>
> Can this be done? Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks In Advance,
> Eric James Dreksler
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax (More info?)

Thanks Alan. I'll see about getting this added to the Printing FAQ.

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"Alan Morris(MSFT)" <alanmo@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> in \windows\system32 there is prnport.vbs use this to create the port.
>
> You can also use prndrvr and prnmngr to add the driver and printer
>
> works on XP and above.
>
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> "Bruce Sanderson" <bsanders@junk.junk> wrote in message
> news6XAmXUvEHA.720@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> I'm not aware of a way to create a Standard TCP/IP printer port via
> script,
>> but you might want to see if the Print Migrator tool at
>>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads [...] layLang=en
>> is any help.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Bruce Sanderson MVP
>>
>> It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question.
>>
>>
>> "Eric Dreksler" <ericd AT accessoneinc DOT com> wrote in message
>> news:uKpfzyRvEHA.3276@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> > Hello all,
>> >
>> > I'm looking to see if I can install an IP Port printer through a batch
>> > file.
>> >
>> > Long story, short. Half of our office prints throug a Cannon ir5000i,
> w/
>> > the print queue on the network (so they all already have the driver
>> > installed). They are moving to a new office w/ a new subnet. I have a
>> > batch file I've written to speed up the network protocols change over,
> and
>> > would like to be able to tackle the printer as well. Also, the clients
>> > will now print directly through the Cannons internal print server, so I
>> > need to configure them as IP Ports.
>> >
>> > Can this be done? Any suggestions?
>> >
>> > Thanks In Advance,
>> > Eric James Dreksler
>> >
>>
>>
>
>