Printers for all 14

[kjb21]

I have an XP Pro computer that I setup on my domain. Loaded the printers under my Domain admin account. When another user logs on they do not see the printers. I'd like all users to have the printers when the log-on.

 

[KRPGroup]

I was trying to use just "1" batch file with a variable, to install a single or all printers at one time, but I am having trouble figuring how to pass the variable.

I wanted to post a note in our Outlook Public folders' Knowledge Base that would call the batch and depending on the link used it would run different senario(s) of installs.

The KB article would consist of dif links that would run as follows
\\ServerName\admin\Printers\PrinterInstall.bat 1
\\ServerName\admin\Printers\PrinterInstall.bat 2

This works if ran from a cmd prompt but I get an error when trying to use links in Outlook Public folders that the path is incorrect.

Batch File
if "%1"=="1" goto CANON-01
if "%1"=="2" goto XrxDC460-01
if "%1"=="3" goto XrxDC460-02
if "%1"=="4" goto etc
if "%1"=="5" goto etc
if "%1"=="6" goto ALL
GOTO END

:CANON-01
ECHO.
ECHO Installing Printer...
rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /q /n \\ServerName\CanoniR2200-01
GOTO END

:XrxDC460-01
ECHO.
ECHO Installing Printer...
rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /q /n \\ServerName\XrxDC460-01
GOTO END

:ALL
ECHO.
ECHO Installing ALL B/W Printers...
rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /q /n \\ServerName\CanoniR2200-01
rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /q /n \\ServerName\XrxDC460-01
rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /q /n \\ServerName\XrxDC460-02
rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /q /n \\ServerName\HP5Si-01
ECHO.
ECHO Done!
GOTO END

:END

 

[ChuckG]

This has been a very informative thread, but I had one quick question.

Is there a way to use the rundll32 option above if you need to install a printer on a specific port.

For example, Installing a HP Laserjet 4050 using local port \\server\printershare

We've used the localport method alot to avoid having the printers named PRINTER on SERVER for our automation in the factory.

Thanks
ChuckG