Printer Scripts

[FN-GM]

Hi

 

I know this has been talked about many times before but I am confused with it all. Let’s face it, doesn’t take much for me.

 

Right here we go, we didn’t add printers to an image last time we did them so i would like to add them now via a script. I would like the script to be as simple as possible I would like it to do the following:

- Delete Existing Network printers only

- Add 1 or 2 printers

- Make one printer default.

 

Thank you

 

Z

[arran]

Dim objNetwork, strPrinter

strPrinter = "\\servername\printername"
Set objNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network")

'Adding a printer
objNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection strPrinter

'Setting a default printer
objNetwork.SetDefaultPrinter strPrinter

'Removing a printer
objNetwork.RemovePrinterConnection strPrinter

 

Adding - http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/zsdh7hkb(VS.85).aspx

Removing - http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/tsbh2yy7(VS.85).aspx

Setting a default - http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/2ccwwdct(VS.85).aspx

[Ric_]

This has been discussed MANY times before. Please look at the wiki for full details.

[FN-GM]

As I highlighted before Ric, I have looked but I was lost by it all so I felt opening a new thread was the best way to go.

 

@arran please can you explain more? Thank You

[Ric_]

@FN-Greatermanchester: There is a great deal of discussion already in other threads... a quick browse gives me:

 

http://edugeek.net/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=404

http://edugeek.net/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=13188

http://edugeek.net/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=1586

http://edugeek.net/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=501

 

Those are all found without using the search feature.

 

IMHO the wiki page is also very descriptive when it comes to this. I'm sure that if you read http://edugeekwiki.rm-charlton.net/index.php/Scripting_Printer_Addition_Based_on_Location everything is there.

 

Also try reading the MS examples at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx - this is where most of us learnt to do this scripting in the first place.

 

So you see there is no need for ANOTHER thread about this.