Re: installing printers & setting default
Sorry - I only need to use this for student machines, so I made it part of
the lab/classroom image. Of the top of my head, I can't think of a way to
do what you want. 'Course it's Monday, so maybe someone else has an idea?
(Bueller Bueller)
On Jan 7, 2008 11:00 AM, Thomas Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks Vicky, I was hoping that isn't what I would have to do. Can you
> copy that batch file via GPO to the workstations?
>
>
> "NT System Admin Issues" writes:
> >
> >It's an ugly workaround, but I did this by having a batch file in the All
> users profile, all programs - startup that points to the vbs file.
> >
> >On Jan 7, 2008 10:47 AM, Thomas Day <[ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]tday@
> springside.org> wrote:
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> >So I am re-working how printers are installed on our network. We started
> using the Print Management Console (PMC) with our Windows 2003 printer
> server and it works great with pushprinterconnections.exe for installing
> as a startup script with a GPO. The
> >GPO is applied to the computer configuration on computer OUs. Our trouble
> is that in a lab environment, we need to set a default printer as well, and
> the PMC won't do this :-(
> >I have tried to use a vbs script to set the default printer (code below).
> But the issue with that is that the script need to be applied to the user
> settings within a computer OU. But GPOs don't work like that of course,
> unless there is a workaround that
> >someone can fill me in on.
> >
> >
> >Dim objPrinter
> >Set objPrinter = CreateObject("WScript.Network")
> >objPrinter.SetDefaultPrinter "\\calgary\MS Lab Black_White Ricoh"
> >' End of example VBScript
> >**
> >
> >
> >As a test, I have also tried installing printers via a vbs logn script to
> the computer OUs and that work well also, but the default printer can't be
> set.
> >
> >Set WshNetwork = CreateObject(" WScript.Network")
> >WshNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\calgary\MS Lab Black_White
> Ricoh"
> >WshNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\calgary\MS Lab Color Ricoh"
> >WshNetwork.SetDefaultPrinter "\\calgary\MS Lab Black_White Ricoh"
> >**
> >
> >Any ideas or experience?
> >TIA, Tom
> >
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Re: installing printers & setting default
Thanks Vicky, I was hoping that isn't what I would have to do. Can you copy
that batch file via GPO to the workstations?
"NT System Admin Issues" writes:
>
>It's an ugly workaround, but I did this by having a batch file in the All
>users profile, all programs - startup that points to the vbs file.
>
>On Jan 7, 2008 10:47 AM, Thomas Day <[ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL
>PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>So I am re-working how printers are installed on our network. We started using
>the Print Management Console (PMC) with our Windows 2003 printer server and it
>works great with pushprinterconnections.exe for installing as a startup script
>with a GPO. The
>GPO is applied to the computer configuration on computer OUs. Our trouble is
>that in a lab environment, we need to set a default printer as well, and the
>PMC won't do this :-(
>I have tried to use a vbs script to set the default printer (code below). But
>the issue with that is that the script need to be applied to the user settings
>within a computer OU. But GPOs don't work like that of course, unless there is
>a workaround that
>someone can fill me in on.
>
>
>Dim objPrinter
>Set objPrinter = CreateObject("WScript.Network")
>objPrinter.SetDefaultPrinter "\\calgary\MS Lab Black_White Ricoh"
>' End of example VBScript
>**
>
>
>As a test, I have also tried installing printers via a vbs logn script to the
>computer OUs and that work well also, but the default printer can't be set.
>
>Set WshNetwork = CreateObject(" WScript.Network")
>WshNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\calgary\MS Lab Black_White Ricoh"
>WshNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\calgary\MS Lab Color Ricoh"
>WshNetwork.SetDefaultPrinter "\\calgary\MS Lab Black_White Ricoh"
>**
>
>Any ideas or experience?
>TIA, Tom
>
>
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Re: installing printers & setting default
It's an ugly workaround, but I did this by having a batch file in the All
users profile, all programs - startup that points to the vbs file.
On Jan 7, 2008 10:47 AM, Thomas Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So I am re-working how printers are installed on our network. We started
> using the Print Management Console (PMC) with our Windows 2003 printer
> server and it works great with pushprinterconnections.exe for installing
> as a startup script with a GPO. The
> GPO is applied to the computer configuration on computer OUs. Our trouble
> is that in a lab environment, we need to set a default printer as well, and
> the PMC won't do this :-(
> I have tried to use a vbs script to set the default printer (code below).
> But the issue with that is that the script need to be applied to the user
> settings within a computer OU. But GPOs don't work like that of course,
> unless there is a workaround that
> someone can fill me in on.
>
>
> Dim objPrinter
> Set objPrinter = CreateObject("WScript.Network")
> objPrinter.SetDefaultPrinter "\\calgary\MS Lab Black_White Ricoh"
> ' End of example VBScript
> **
>
>
> As a test, I have also tried installing printers via a vbs logn script to
> the computer OUs and that work well also, but the default printer can't be
> set.
>
> Set WshNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network")
> WshNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\calgary\MS Lab Black_White
> Ricoh"
> WshNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\calgary\MS Lab Color Ricoh"
> WshNetwork.SetDefaultPrinter "\\calgary\MS Lab Black_White Ricoh"
> **
>
> Any ideas or experience?
> TIA, Tom
>
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installing printers & setting default
So I am re-working how printers are installed on our network. We started using
the Print Management Console (PMC) with our Windows 2003 printer server and it
works great with pushprinterconnections.exe for installing as a startup script
with a GPO. The
GPO is applied to the computer configuration on computer OUs. Our trouble is
that in a lab environment, we need to set a default printer as well, and the
PMC won't do this :-(
I have tried to use a vbs script to set the default printer (code below). But
the issue with that is that the script need to be applied to the user settings
within a computer OU. But GPOs don't work like that of course, unless there is
a workaround that
someone can fill me in on.
Dim objPrinter
Set objPrinter = CreateObject("WScript.Network")
objPrinter.SetDefaultPrinter "\\calgary\MS Lab Black_White Ricoh"
' End of example VBScript
**
As a test, I have also tried installing printers via a vbs logn script to the
computer OUs and that work well also, but the default printer can't be set.
Set WshNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network")
WshNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\calgary\MS Lab Black_White Ricoh"
WshNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\calgary\MS Lab Color Ricoh"
WshNetwork.SetDefaultPrinter "\\calgary\MS Lab Black_White Ricoh"
**
Any ideas or experience?
TIA, Tom
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