dazza007 Posted February 11, 2015 Posted February 11, 2015 Hi! I am looking for a solution to allow users with laptop to be able to select and install a printer from a list of printers available on the server. This powershell script is great with 64 bit and I have tweaked it to work with 32 bit system however it still needs tweating to work on a 32 bit system. See here Felipe Binotto's Blog: Add Printer Tool Does anyone have any other suggestions for an app to allow users to choose and install printers from a network print server (that is papercut friendly!) THanks Darren
Duke5A Posted February 11, 2015 Posted February 11, 2015 Why the need for something third party? Can't they just add a new printer in Windows by searching the directory, or if you want something extremely simple I guess you could just add an icon on their desktops that points to the UNC path of the print server to bring up a list of all shared printers.
gtg93 Posted February 11, 2015 Posted February 11, 2015 (edited) I put something together for my last school - it's not pretty but did the job: Is that the kind of thing you was meaning? Because I can send you the VBS files if you like, all you need to do is change the printer paths Why the need for something third party? Can't they just add a new printer in Windows by searching the directory, or if you want something extremely simple I guess you could just add an icon on their desktops that points to the UNC path of the print server to bring up a list of all shared printers. That was my question when I wanted the same tool, but some staff for some reason really struggled with adding printers :S Edited February 11, 2015 by gtg93 2
dazza007 Posted February 11, 2015 Author Posted February 11, 2015 I agree some staff find it difficult and some get nervous adding devices ! That would be great I can have a look at the script and see which SLT like the look of. I have finally got the powershell script to work by updating powershell and .net to 4.5.1 tweaking a child object to 64 bit too. It is a little unstable but definitely worth putting though testing!
gtg93 Posted February 11, 2015 Posted February 11, 2015 (edited) This is simply a big VB script with a GUI - Nothing fancy - made in Visual Studio. I'll upload the project files soon for you. Edited February 11, 2015 by gtg93
gtg93 Posted February 11, 2015 Posted February 11, 2015 That would be great I can have a look at the script and see which SLT like the look of PM'd... Let me know if you have any issues with it. If it's of interest to anyone else, I'll happily sit and remove all the personal info from it, and make it easier to see what needs changing and just make it downloadable here, so let me know. 1
gtg93 Posted February 12, 2015 Posted February 12, 2015 I'm interested!! I'll get it sorted soon for you
RobD Posted February 12, 2015 Posted February 12, 2015 I'll get it sorted soon for you You sir, are a gent!
spd_demon Posted February 13, 2015 Posted February 13, 2015 (edited) Another option that I have used is to enable "IPP" or Internet Printing Protocol on your print server (if it is a Windows box). This enables users to open a webpage that lists all printers on the server and gives them the ability to install them by choice. What I do is install the service and publish a desktop shortcut or internet favorite that points to http://servername/printers (default location). This only works in IE but it is super easy. If you have multiple print servers, you can target servers to users by using environment variables (%printserver% = servername) so that each users shortcut is tailored to the location they are at. The link would then look like http://%printserver%/printers. Edited February 13, 2015 by spd_demon 1
MatthewL Posted February 13, 2015 Posted February 13, 2015 Another for the above, used it in the past and works a treat.
gtg93 Posted March 6, 2015 Posted March 6, 2015 You sir, are a gent! Haven't forgotten about you, just not had a chance... will sort it for you when I'm next at the site with the software.
gazlee Posted March 12, 2015 Posted March 12, 2015 Bit late to the party but I'd be interested in your printer script too @gtg93 if you don't mind!
elliot-w Posted March 12, 2015 Posted March 12, 2015 PM'd... Let me know if you have any issues with it. If it's of interest to anyone else, I'll happily sit and remove all the personal info from it, and make it easier to see what needs changing and just make it downloadable here, so let me know. Im interested aswell, looks like exactly what we need!
Roberto Posted March 12, 2015 Posted March 12, 2015 We use Printer Installer from Printerlogic (Printer Installer | PrinterLogic) - it's absolutely wonderful.
Hulbert99 Posted March 12, 2015 Posted March 12, 2015 That looks wicked! I would be interested in this too if possible please @gtg93 Thanks!
Firefox Posted March 12, 2015 Posted March 12, 2015 Could you not deploy printers via GPO? and target the GPO at a subnet, with different GPO's for different subnets?
Popular Post gtg93 Posted March 18, 2015 Popular Post Posted March 18, 2015 Only taken a month, but if anyone's still after it, you can download the Visual Studio project files from here. If anyone has any issues editing it / no access to Visual Studio, gimme a shout and I'll see what I can do for you. @RobD @the_one_that_cant @gazlee @elliot-w @Hulbert99 Sorry for the delay to anyone who wanted it. 5
Hulbert99 Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 Beautiful thanks @gtg93 will have a crack at some point at let you know if i get stuck! Thanks
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