Installing networked printer with printui.dll

http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/NetPrinterAllUsers.htm

looks like you need to do the full path to the pinter.

See the link to see if this helps. Works for me using
both shared printer and networked printers.

>-----Original Message-----
>I'm trying to do remote installation of printers using
the command : "Rundll32 Printui.dll,PrintUIEntry" with
very little success. The printer that I am trying to
install is a tcp/ip networked printer, not a shared
printer. To simplify troubleshooting, I've tried running
simplier(than installation) commands. For instance, to
pull up the Properties box for a printer that I have
installed on my local PC, I can do this:
>
>Rundll32 Printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /p /n "HP4050 (Office)"
>
>and I get the properties box. However, if I try to
access a tcp/ip networked printer that has been installed
on another PC, as in:
>
>Rundll32 Printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /p /c
\\butterfly /n "HP 2300" or
>Rundll32 Printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /p /n \\butterfly\"HP
2300" or
>Rundll32 Printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /p /c
\\butterfly /r "IP_HP 2300" where IP_HP2300 is the port
name on that host. I get the error message:
>
>"Operation could not be completed. Either the printer
name was typed incorrectly, or the specified printer has
lost its connection to the server."
>
>All other commands that I've tried, including installs,
fail. Am I just using the wrong combination of options,
or can it just not be done?
>
>TIA,
>Randy
>
>
>
>.
>

[Randy Sebra]

----- wrote: -----

http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/NetPrinterAllUsers.htm

looks like you need to do the full path to the pinter.

Don't understand. What would be the full path to a tcp/ip printer - the IP address??

I saw that page, but the example is for printers "networked" by Windows networking, i.e., a shared printer on a Windows network, referenced by \\machine\printer name....

Randy

See the link to see if this helps. Works for me using
both shared printer and networked printers.

>-----Original Message-----
>I'm trying to do remote installation of printers using
the command : "Rundll32 Printui.dll,PrintUIEntry" with
very little success. The printer that I am trying to
install is a tcp/ip networked printer, not a shared
printer. To simplify troubleshooting, I've tried running
simplier(than installation) commands. For instance, to
pull up the Properties box for a printer that I have
installed on my local PC, I can do this:
>>Rundll32 Printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /p /n "HP4050 (Office)"
>>and I get the properties box. However, if I try to
access a tcp/ip networked printer that has been installed
on another PC, as in:
>>Rundll32 Printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /p /c
\\butterfly /n "HP 2300" or
>Rundll32 Printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /p /n \\butterfly\"HP
2300" or
>Rundll32 Printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /p /c
\\butterfly /r "IP_HP 2300" where IP_HP2300 is the port
name on that host. I get the error message:
>>"Operation could not be completed. Either the printer
name was typed incorrectly, or the specified printer has
lost its connection to the server."
>>All other commands that I've tried, including installs,
fail. Am I just using the wrong combination of options,
or can it just not be done?
>>TIA,
>Randy
>>>>.
>

[Alan Morris\(MSFT\)]

How about using the WMI print provider? There are several prn*.vbs scripts
in system32. All the machines need to be XP pro or greater.
create the TCP Port
prnport -a -r IP_1.2.3.4 -h 1.2.3.4 -o raw -n 9100
then
prnmngr -a -p "printer" -m "driver" -r "IP_1.2.3.4"

you can run this in a local script or target a remote system with the -s
switch.

--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

"Randy Sebra" > wrote in message
...
> ----- wrote: -----
>
> http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/NetPrinterAllUsers.htm
>
> looks like you need to do the full path to the pinter.
>
> Don't understand. What would be the full path to a tcp/ip printer - the IP
address??
>
> I saw that page, but the example is for printers "networked" by Windows
networking, i.e., a shared printer on a Windows network, referenced by
\\machine\printer name....
>
> Randy
>
> See the link to see if this helps. Works for me using
> both shared printer and networked printers.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I'm trying to do remote installation of printers using
> the command : "Rundll32 Printui.dll,PrintUIEntry" with
> very little success. The printer that I am trying to
> install is a tcp/ip networked printer, not a shared
> printer. To simplify troubleshooting, I've tried running
> simplier(than installation) commands. For instance, to
> pull up the Properties box for a printer that I have
> installed on my local PC, I can do this:
> >>Rundll32 Printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /p /n "HP4050 (Office)"
> >>and I get the properties box. However, if I try to
> access a tcp/ip networked printer that has been installed
> on another PC, as in:
> >>Rundll32 Printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /p /c
> \\butterfly /n "HP 2300" or
> >Rundll32 Printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /p /n \\butterfly\"HP
> 2300" or
> >Rundll32 Printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /p /c
> \\butterfly /r "IP_HP 2300" where IP_HP2300 is the port
> name on that host. I get the error message:
> >>"Operation could not be completed. Either the printer
> name was typed incorrectly, or the specified printer has
> lost its connection to the server."
> >>All other commands that I've tried, including installs,
> fail. Am I just using the wrong combination of options,
> or can it just not be done?
> >>TIA,
> >Randy
> >>>>.
> >