Windows Remote Printer Installations Made Easy
A big part of my job is installing printers. Yesterday, out of curiosity, I researched the possibilities of remote printer installations on a Windows Network. For some strange reason, I never came across the remote printer installation command. Once I found the command I created a small VBscript so that it would prompt me for the comptuer name of a remote computer. Once I enter the name and hit enter, an add printer wizard will pop up for the remote comptuer. I wish I would have found this sooner. One more way to get the job done from my desk! The printer will show up ready to use immediately upon completion of the script and the add printer wizard. There are no logouts, reboots, or shutdowns required.
‘**********************************************
‘Remote Printer Installation Script
‘***************by dmac*********************
Dim compName
compName = Inputbox(”Enter the computer name of the remote computer you would like to install a printer on.”,”Enter Name”)
Set WShell = CreateObject(”WScript.Shell”)
WShell.Run “rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /il /c\\” & (compName)
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