I want to install a printer with a its driver on the any requested computer , without the interruption of the user, so he can double click on the executable file and it will install him a printer with its driver with its assigned IP address.
this was somehow working i heard in hp network printer wizard which on the their web site they sys it does support and prepare a package, but ti does not , after calling them ,they said in the next version it may include .
anyone can help me with that sort of solution, which i think it is a very handy and useful for all for us.
many thanks
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thank you so much Nicolea,
I will try now the wise solution if it does really help , but the idea was that i want to give a user a small executable file , the moment he run and install it , it will install him a networked printer which has an IP address and its driver locally to his machine , this will give him a network printer without the interruption , without calling me and somehow a silent mode.
thanks again
Well, you could try and use the "setup capture" tool that wise provides.
That tool does the following:
Makes a capture of the system(files and registry)
Then you need to install the driver, install the printer, make network and ip settings on a clean machine.
Make another capture of the system.
Then the tool compares the two captures and creates a msi with the differences. You need to clean up the msi a little. But then when you deploy the msi on other machines, all the required changes are installed in order to use the network printer.
Nicolae.
Take a look at WinInstall LE. You can take a snapshot before, make your app install and changes, then make and after snapshot to capture your changes for deployment to other computers. Best of all, it is free.
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you can try http://www.vinsvision.com/
Or what you should really consider is
Deploying Printers With Group Policy in Windows Server 2003 R2
this will deploy the printer without user intervention and you wont have to rely on a learning curve(user having to start an executable to have a printer)
thanks alot guys, for the help and the support,
but as I mentioned , I want to deploy printers to laptops which are not part of the domain or active directory, I have main office which has A.D ( DC ), I deploy printers normally using the group policy, and I have five field office which they come frequently to the main office, and they have their own network at the field office, so I want anyone who comes over to give him an executable package which will install him a printer including driver with its IP Address., so he can print in our network when they connect to the wireless network
please help...
thanks alot again
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by: MSI_installer_expertPosted on 2009-01-28 at 07:15:13ID: 23487276
You can create with Wise or with Installshield a msi package. You can add the driver's files in the installation (vxd,inf, files) and then use the wizards that these two authoring tools provide, in order to create the driver as well.
The installation will then add on each machine, the driver files in the c:\windows\system32, and the registry keys required.
I did not understand how exactly you want to use the ip...
Anyway this msi file can be packed as an exe, or can be ran with parameters , to make it a one click install.
Nicolae.