adding printers via GPO

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Jason Meyer

I would like to add printers to users computers automatically via a GPO is
there a way to do this? Basically I am setting up a dummy user for a bunch
of computers in a library. I have locked them all done with GPOs(removed all
sorts of goodies) but they need to be able to print but I don't want them to
be able to add/remove or view the printers folder.Thanks for the info.


Jason
 
If the printers you are trying to add to the computers are shared you can
use the following command in a computer startup .bat script

rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /n \\<Server>\<Share>

Philip Nunn
 
Now will that install the driver also? I had found a vbscript that use the
oNet.addwindowprinter(sorry can't recall if that is exact) but if the driver
wasn't installed the script err'ed out. Thanks for the reply.


Jason
 
the pc running the script will dowload the printer drivers from the print
server if they are installed. this is just like connecting to any shared
printer, just using a script.

Philip Nunn
 
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