Just a follow up question as I debate using Ghost or the unattend package.
How do you or would you configure your printers? All the the printers I
deploy in the lab have the duplex option enabled and I notice that if I do
not enable duplex after I install the driver and make it the default on
the computer it prints in simplex mode (single sided).
Thanks
Paul
On Tue, 27 Jan 2004, Tyler Hepworth wrote:
> If you are on a domain and have point and print setup on your print servers,
> you can also use a simple vbscript to install the printers
>
> Set WshNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network")
> WshNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\printserver\printer_name"
>
> Put those lines in a .vbs file and then push the file onto todo.pl. I wrote
> a patch to install.pl that gives me a multiple choice dialog of all the
> printers in my domain. I can select which printers I want to be auto
> installed (during the initial setup dialog). A .vbs file is then
> automatically created just like one above. It contains all the printers
> that I chose during the dialog and is pushed into postinst.bat along with
> all the other items that need to be taken care of. This is convenient for
> me since I have over 30 printers of which I might only install 2-3.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Niels de Groot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 3:07 PM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: [Unattended] Unattended printer installation
>
>
> Hi everybody,
>
> I just found an interesting page on the web about installing printers
> unattended.
> By pushing a commandline similar to the following onto todo.pl you can
> install shared printers very easily.
> (I may have made a mistake with the escaped quotes, but I think the idea is
> clear enough)
>
> todo.pl "start /wait rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /if /r
> \"\\server\printer\" /m \"description\""
>
> For more information you can run "rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /?"
> from a Windows 2000/XP commandline, or check Microsoft knowledgebase
> articles 314486 and/or 189105
>
> You could also wrap this into an optional package by adding your favorite
> printers to a batch file in the \scripts directory...
>
> :: OPTIONAL: Install default network printers
> todo.pl "start /wait rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /if /r
> \"\\server\printer\" /m \"description\""
>
>
> This works best if the drivers needed are on the printserver. If not you
> can use for exapmle Windows built-in drivers by adding a few options to the
> commandline. Check the knowledge base for more details.
>
> Niels de Groot,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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