Steven
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need help dissecting a batch script
can someone help me understand what this batch script is doing? i'm being told it will add a network printer with the .inf driver located on a file share. what's it look like to you? it's not working.....and i'm being told it worked great in the past.
rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /if /b "Ricoh 550" /f "\\10.10.1.23\PC_User_SW\English\Prntdrvr\Ps_drvr\Win_2K_XP_VISTA\OEMSETUP.INF" /r "IP_10.10.1.23" /m "E-8100 PCL 6"
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"Sample of How to Add an IPP Printer
rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /b "DisplayPrinterName on http" /x /n "part of the n switch" /if /f %windir%\inf\ntprint.inf /r "http://hostname/printers/sharename/.printer" /m "HP Laserjet 4000 Series PCL"
Note The /x switch is not documented with /?. The /x switch expects /n even though it is not used. Also, you may be using a printer other than the HP Laserjet 4000 Series PCL. The /x flag treats the install as a “Web point and print.” This flag indicates that the printer is a masquerading (masq) printer. A masq printer is partly local printer and partly a network printer. A masq printer receives rich notifications from the remote print server. Without the /x option, the printer is a local printer with a redirected port. It works fine, but it has very limited notifications.
The third-party products that this article discusses are manufactured by companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding the performance or reliability of these products."
I shall have a look what each of your operators do and post again later