Automation of adding Network Printer

[arjagadish]

Hellow,

We need to install the network printer for all the users, based on their Department.

It's really a pain, adding the printer to each user and when they log onto a different workstation, again, we have to do it.

Anyway, to automate this process thru script or some policy.
All clients are 2K Professional,Server is NT 4.0 right now but,we're migrating in a month's time.

Any help regarding this is appreciated. We have to do this on Departmentwise. We have two network printers and two departments............one network printer for each division.

 

[mot98]

You could use vbscript and windows scripting host to do this.

There is an object called wscript.network which allows you to install 2 kinds of printers..DOS printers(LPT1)... and windows printers.

The code would look like this

set wshnetwork = createobject("wscript.network&quot
wshnetwork.addwindowsprinterconnection "\\server\printer"


Hope this helps..

mot98

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