Install/Connect a pc to a network printer via IP and connecting it quickly.
I need to walk around and manually install a network printer on about 20 classroom pcs.
I go into "devices and printers => Add a printer => Add a local printer => Create a new port =>Standard TCPIP Port => Type IP Address => Install the Printer Driver => Use the Driver that is currently installed (recommended) => type a printer name => Do Not Share This printer => You have successfully added the XXXXX printer (Check box Set as Default printer)
This is a small non-profit so I have no help desk to reach out to.
Is there any easy way to automate at least SOME OF These steps so that I can get it done more quickly? Right now I walk around to each of the 20 pc's and do this.
I go into "devices and printers => Add a printer => Add a local printer => Create a new port =>Standard TCPIP Port => Type IP Address => Install the Printer Driver => Use the Driver that is currently installed (recommended) => type a printer name => Do Not Share This printer => You have successfully added the XXXXX printer (Check box Set as Default printer)
This is a small non-profit so I have no help desk to reach out to.
Is there any easy way to automate at least SOME OF These steps so that I can get it done more quickly? Right now I walk around to each of the 20 pc's and do this.
hypercube
It may seem off-topic but if you have remote access to each of the PCs then you can work on many at a time without walking around - from your own workstation.
Use a print server
Depends on how your network is laid out. Do you have a server? If so, install the printer as a TCP/IP printer to the server, and share it. Then you can use GPO to deploy the printer to systems on the network. Alternatively to GPO, you actually could have a patch file run commands to do the installation silently when users login. However, I would still tell you GPO is the smarter approach.
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Everyone: I don't mind walking around to all the pc's individually. I do mind having to go through all the screens. That's what I was trying to save time on.
Hi Andy: I have no admin privileges so I can set up a print server.
Hi Masnrock: I don't know what GPO is and 2) I"m not an admin so my capabilities are limited. I'm a low-level volunteer.
HI Fred Marshall: Yup. it's windows 10 and I have to do this once a week when I teach a class. I will check out powershell install printer.
Hi dbrunton: I will look into autoit .
Hi Andy: I have no admin privileges so I can set up a print server.
Hi Masnrock: I don't know what GPO is and 2) I"m not an admin so my capabilities are limited. I'm a low-level volunteer.
HI Fred Marshall: Yup. it's windows 10 and I have to do this once a week when I teach a class. I will check out powershell install printer.
Hi dbrunton: I will look into autoit .