Clever little printer trick. (a note to self)
2 steps to have printers just print to the IP of the printer:run on startup: pnputil /a 'driver.inf'
Preferably a v4 printer
then on login:
$CurrentUser = [system.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent() $WindowsPrincipal = New-Object System.Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal($CurrentUser) Add-printerport -Name "TCPPort:printerdns/ip" -PrinterHostAddress "printerdns/ip" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue Add-PrinterDriver -name "Kyocera TASKalfa 4053ci v4 KX (XPS)" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue Add-PrinterDriver -name "Kyocera TASKalfa 4053ci KX" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue Add-PrinterDriver -name "Kyocera TASKalfa 4052ci KX" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue if ([system.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.ActiveDirectorySite]::GetComputerSite().Name -eq "site1") { Add-Printer -Name "Name to appear to users" -PortName "TCPPort:thatDNSorIPfromEarlier" -driver "Kyocera TASKalfa 4053ci v4 KX (XPS)" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue set-printconfiguration -color $false -printername "Name to appear to users" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue $printer = Get-CimInstance -Class Win32_Printer -Filter "Name='Name to appear to users'" Invoke-CimMethod -InputObject $printer -MethodName SetDefaultPrinter if (-not $WindowsPrincipal.IsInRole("PupilsGroup")) { Add-Printer -Name "Office printer" -PortName "TCPPort:..." -driver "Kyocera TASKalfa 4053ci v4 KX (XPS)" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue Add-Printer -Name "Office printer v3" -PortName "TCPPort:...." -driver "Kyocera TASKalfa 4052ci KX" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue set-printconfiguration -color $false -printername "Office printer" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue if ($WindowsPrincipal.IsInRole("OfficeGroup")) { $printer = Get-CimInstance -Class Win32_Printer -Filter "Name='Office printer'" Invoke-CimMethod -InputObject $printer -MethodName SetDefaultPrinter } } } if ([system.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.ActiveDirectorySite]::GetComputerSite().Name -eq "site2") { .... }

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