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    Script to Install Printer Drivers w/o adding printer

    I'm hoping someone can help me. I need a script that will allow me to install multiple printer drivers without needing to add the printers.

    Normally, I go into printers, go to file, server properties, drivers tab and add them there. This allows me to install the drivers on the machine for when the user needs to add a printer at different locations.

    The drivers are located on a server that is only accessible from my central location, but if needed, I can put them on a cd just to install using the script.

    I'm using mostly XP with only a few Vista machines, which requires the same steps but you have to run as administrator.

    Thanks!

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    Alan Morris [MSFT] Guest

    Re: Script to Install Printer Drivers w/o adding printer

    if the print drivers are signed you can use prndrvr.vbs (XP in \system32,Vista in \system32\printing_admin_scripts\en-us) or rundll32 in either OS to call into the printui interface. If the drivers are not signed you will have to use rundll32. In Vista just launch printui.exe, this will invoke the help and you can look through the examples for use in both XP or Vista.

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    Re: Script to Install Printer Drivers w/o adding printer

    Alan,
    thank you for your reply. You definitely pointed my in the right direction. I have written some code but now I'm getting an error and have had no luck googling it. Heres what I have:

    cscript prndrvr.vbs -a -m "hp laserjet 2550 pcl 6"
    -v -e -h e:\printdrivers\hp_clj2550_pcl6 -i hpc2550c.inf

    I get error code 800A0401, char 27. I'm not familiar with code, so I don't know the rules, but character 27 doesn't look wrong to me?

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    Alan Morris [MSFT] Guest

    Re: Script to Install Printer Drivers w/o adding printer

    There is a bunch of file for most of the HP drivers. There is some language file in one of the cabs that has to be a flat file.

    Just crack all the cabs and expand the files to a flat file share

    PS I have no clue on the error, it's not mapping to anything.

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    Re: Script to Install Printer Drivers w/o adding printer

    Hi Alan,
    I'm guessing by flat, you mean they have to be "extracted"?? I have looked and there is not a cab file at all.

    Any other suggestions?

    Thanks.

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    Alan Morris [MSFT] Guest

    Re: Script to Install Printer Drivers w/o adding printer

    add the link to the driver you are installing.

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    Re: Script to Install Printer Drivers w/o adding printer

    Hi,

    Could there any other way to install drivers without using the inf file?

    Thanks and Regards,
    Rahul Yadav

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    Re: Script to Install Printer Drivers w/o adding printer

    Quote Originally Posted by ry005 View Post

    Could there any other way to install drivers without using the inf file?
    There is no way to install drivers without using the inf file? For more information check here - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927524

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