How to Install a printer through DOS

[Shotgundave]

Hi All,

Does anyone know the CMD to install a printer through DOS?

Regards,

Shotgun

 

[edfair]

Generally there are no DOS based commands to load printers. If there is for your specific printer it will probably be an install or setup file on a floppy that came with the printer.
POST and BIOS identify and link the parallel port into the operating system and generate the tie in points.
You asked the question for a reason. What is the real problem.
Ed Fair
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[Shotgundave]

Thanks for the reply. I have to install a printer on a PC connected to a network.

I am unable to install the printer through the operating system (NT) as the option has been restricted by the network administrator (who I currently am unable to get hold of).

I tried to think of another way of doing this and thought that it may be possible through DOS.

 

[Shotgundave]

Note: The printer I am tring to install is connected directly to my PC and I do not wish it to be connected to the rest of the network.

Thought this was relevant.

 

[edfair]

NT is a special animal. The other machines use NT's printer drivers to print. So the drivers need to be there.
My network uses a bunch of DOS stuff so it is basically a hook it up and start printing across the network from DOS machines. And the drivers are on individual windows machines, but I've not installed any NT machines on the net. Ed Fair
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