Adding network printers via command line in AD

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I've recently learned how to add network printers via the command line for
all users on a workstation. I'm looking to take this a little further, using
the "Add Global Printer Remotely" command I am able to remotely add a printer
to a machine, is there a way for me to possibly add a printer to a large
group of workstations at once, or to an OU in Active Directory?

Thanks in advance!
 
I'm not familiar with that command, but you can easily automate the command
using batch files.

You can also script this kind of thing with VBScript, or any WSH-compatible
script.

There's also a resource-kit tool that I can't remember the name of...


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I've recently learned how to add network printers via the command line for
all users on a workstation. I'm looking to take this a little further,
using
the "Add Global Printer Remotely" command I am able to remotely add a
printer
to a machine, is there a way for me to possibly add a printer to a large
group of workstations at once, or to an OU in Active Directory?

Thanks in advance!
 
Hi,
is there a way for me to possibly add a printer to a large
group of workstations at once, or to an OU in Active Directory
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Hi,

I use the following in a .bat file and then assign it as a startup
script for computers. I have printers per computer rather than per
user. There are a lot of options including deleting and adding local
printers and setting default printers. Type rundll32
printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /? at the command line to see all the
options.

rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /q /n "\\server\printer"

I haven’t heard of the "add global printer remotely" command. Where
did you learn of it?

Cheers,

Lara
 
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