How to create a standard TCP/IP port for printer by means ..

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Hi,

I want to create and configure a standard tcp/ip port on my workstations for
a specific printer by means of commands and a batch file and not its wizard.
Is it possible? If it is what are the commands?

Thanks,
Bijan

 

[Joseph]

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Check out documentation relating to WMI - Stick this in a VBS file and run
from a BAT file.

Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set objNewPort = objWMIService.Get _
("Win32_TCPIPPrinterPort").SpawnInstance_

objNewPort.Name = "IP_169.254.110.14"
objNewPort.Protocol = 1
objNewPort.HostAddress = "169.254.110.14"
objNewPort.PortNumber = "9999"
objNewPort.SNMPEnabled = False
objNewPort.Put_

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnanchor/html/anch_wmi.asp
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wmisdk/wmi/win32_printer.asp
microsoft.public.windows.server.scripting

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/scripts/default.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/scripts/printing/default.mspx

Joseph
IT Analyst

"Bijan Kianifard" <BijanKianifard@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:93699C90-3944-489B-B120-72D5D102DB49@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I want to create and configure a standard tcp/ip port on my workstations
> for
> a specific printer by means of commands and a batch file and not its
> wizard.
> Is it possible? If it is what are the commands?
>
> Thanks,
> Bijan