[Samba] adding printers from netlogon script
Andrew Gaffney
agaffney at technaut.darktalker.net
Tue Dec 9 21:28:45 GMT 2003
Kurt Pfeifle wrote:
>> [Samba] adding printers from netlogon script
>> Andrew Gaffney agaffney at technaut.darktalker.net
>> Tue Dec 9 20:10:07 GMT 2003
>>
>>
>> While this doesn't relate specifically to Samba, I need to do this in
>> a netlogon .bat file in a Samba domain. In my network, I have a
>> printer hooked to a JetDirect so that it is a TCP/IP printer. Is there
>> a way I can automatically have this printer mapped/added when the user
>> is logged on?
>>
>
> Test this command from a "DOS box":
>
> rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /n
> \\printerserver\printersharename
>
> If it works, it can go into the logon script. (Of course "printersharename"
> needs to exist on "printerserver" and must have printer driver deposited on
> the server's [print$]-share for "point'n'print" download...). And:
>
> rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntriy /?
>
> will show up a full "man page" (hehe...)
>
> See also
>
> http://de.samba.org/samba/docs/man/printing.html#id2931140
Will this same method work to add a TCP/IP printer instead of a SMB printer?
--
Andrew Gaffney
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