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We have alot of clients who come into one of our offices to work.<br />
They connect to the network as they need Print services.<br />
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It is quite time consuming having to install and set up a print driver and connect to the network printer everytime someone new comes in. (which is alot)<br />
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I wish to create a batch file for the users to install a printer automatically.<br />
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I have no experience with creating scripts for batch files; so can anyone show me create a batch file for adding printers as described in the link below?<br />
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<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314486" rel="ugc nofollow">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314486</a><br />
&quot;How to add printers with no user interaction in Windows XP&quot;<br />
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The printer that is used sits on a print server with IP address of 172.16.175.10.<br />
Ideally this batch file could sit in a folder with a copy of the print dirver, then i could easily distribute this folder to anyone new who needs it.<br />
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Any help is much appreciated
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We have alot of clients who come into one of our offices to work.
They connect to the network as they need Print services.

It is quite time consuming having to install and set up a print driver and connect to the network printer everytime someone new comes in. (which is alot)

I wish to create a batch file for the users to install a printer automatically.

I have no experience with creating scripts for batch files; so can anyone show me create a batch file for adding printers as described in the link below?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314486
"How to add printers with no user interaction in Windows XP"

The printer that is used sits on a print server with IP address of 172.16.175.10.
Ideally this batch file could sit in a folder with a copy of the print dirver, then i could easily distribute this folder to anyone new who needs it.

Any help is much appreciated

creating a batch file for automatic printer install - help needed

A scripting language is a programming language that supports scripts, programs written for a special run-time environment that automate the execution of tasks that could alternatively be executed one-by-one by a human operator. Scripting languages are often interpreted (rather than compiled). Primitives are usually the elementary tasks or API calls, and the language allows them to be combined into more complex programs. Environments that can be automated through scripting include software applications, web pages within a web browser, the shells of operating systems (OS), embedded systems, as well as numerous games. A scripting language can be viewed as a domain-specific language for a particular environment; in the case of scripting an application, this is also known as an extension language.

Scripting Languages

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Windows Batch

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