Find network printers and locally installed printers

[efdede]

Hi all,

I am new to the world of VBScript and I am learning as I proceed in developing VBScripts. I recently created a simple procedure to get printers installed locally on a pc. My next step on trying to improve the script I created is 2 fold.
1) In the network we have, printers are only defined in the 3rd octet of the IP adress segment in the range of 253.0 - 255. The second octet of the IP adress is dedicated to identify an affiliate location. What I would like to do now is find any available printer on the affiliate's network and have it available for selection to be installed by the user.
2) Is simply to verify if the selected printer is not already installed on the pc.
Does anyone have an idea on how I should tackle this?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

 

[markdmac]

What is your network like? Do you have any 2008 domain controllers? If so take a look at AD Preferences which will allow you to add printers and it will install drivers without the user needing rights.

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

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