Vbscript add printer driver

Cancel Submit. Previous Next. Charlie Klausen Independent Advisor. Hi JDem, We should be able to accomplish this, given you know the printer server name, and the names of the printers you are trying to add.

I just made some recently for this very purpose. Just need to locate them. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. I think may actually be over thinking this one.

Open up notepad. In reply to Charlie Klausen's post on June 6, Thanks, Will this work universally for other employees though if i were to share it or is the printer server ip address only going to work for myself? Here is an example how to install a printer driver from the Windows driver store using the VBScript prnddrvr. Part 2 — Drivers are not present in the driver store but in a file repository.

This command can be used also from the MDT. This receives the name of the library printui. The command rundll32 printui. One of the many DLLs that can be loaded is the printui. For more information on how to add printers with no user interaction see this link.

Method 3 — PowerShell: In this session, we will be discussing the various PowerShell commands needed to install, manage, and remove printers, print ports, drivers, and queues using PowerShell.

Before proceeding, I will like to discuss some key Pint management cmdlets. Print Management Module: Below is the cmdlets needed to reveal all the print-server management cmdlets.

Here is a list of print, driver, and print queue management cmdlets available in the PrintManagement module on Windows More information on the Print Management Module can be found at this link. A: Installing a Print Driver available in the Driver Store : You may have to list the print drivers that are installed in the Windows driver store as shown below just to be sure it has not been added previously.

Like I said before, there are different ways to go about this. Since we are only discussing how to do this using PowerShell, we will stick to PowerShell only. Note : You can only install a driver with the. You will notice that it is impossible to install using the" Add-PrinterDriver" command to install a driver that is not available in the system driver storage. Skip to main content. This browser is no longer supported. Download Microsoft Edge More info.

Contents Exit focus mode. Add-Printer Driver Reference Is this page helpful? Please rate your experience Yes No. Any additional feedback? Module: PrintManagement. Installs a printer driver on the specified computer.

Specifies the name of the computer on which to install the printer driver. Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.