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Installing IP Printer with rundll32 printui.dll

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I have a script that runs at startup via an Acdive Directory Group Policy Object. I have ran this script on one of my network computers without an issue, but on other computers I either error's "Failedto create specified port" or "The arguments are invalid".

rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /if /b "AKAIR-NP01" /f \\AKAIR-SERVER\netlogon\drivers\AKAIR-NP01\fx6vaie.inf /r "IP_192.168.131.60" /m "FX DocuCentre-II C3000 PCL 6" /Z

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Kiwi-User

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I have read the Microsoft Guide on PrintUI.dll at http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/2/c/82cffcfa-56f6-4fc3-bfa5-80cd84793871/PrintUIUsersGuide.doc and modified my syntax slightly, it all seems to be correct acording to the guide, but I still get the error popup "Printers: The arguments are invalid".

Any help would be appreciated.

rundll32 printui.dll PrintUIEntry /if /b "AKAIR-NP01" /f "\\AKAIR-SERVER\netlogon\drivers\AKAIR-NP01\fx6vaie.inf" /r "IP_192.168.131.60" /m "FX DocuCentre-II C3000 PCL 6" /u /z

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Kiwi-User

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It seems the problem is with creating the IP Port

/r "IP_192.168.131.60"

If the printer is installed manually and then removed then the script works, so its just not creating the IP Port correctly / at all.

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