Is there an easy way of installing network printers

[outonalimb]

Our client base consists of NT4 Workstation, Windows 2000 Pro and XP Pro. Our network infrastructure is based on NT4 Server.

At the moment, to install a printer on a PC, the user has to manually add the printer from a list of printers. Is there a simple way of adding printer drivers to a computer based on a users login profile - so no matter where they log on in the building, they always have access to the same printer without having to manually add it?

Is there a script of some kind I can create?

Regards,

 

[igortsin]

run login script
net use lpt1: \\servername\printershare

 

[Ifshmn69]

Copy the below text into a file called *.vbs

It has worked wonders for my 150machine user base using NT4, 2K and XP Pro.

Just replce the printerserver and pritner name.
You can also copy the last line and unstall as many printers as you have in one pass.

Dim net
Set net = CreateObject("WScript.Network&quot
net.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\printerserver\printername"