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  • JSC
    Gimp

    500+ Posts
    • Dec 2006
    • 618
    #1

    Pushing out a printer via a login script

    Does anyone have some helpful info on how to push out a printer via a login script, i have to install a kyocera ta next week and I have just found out there are 60 users and their one and only IT guy is off on long term sick. I am off to the font of all knowledge 'google' after I have posted this, but if anyone can give me some pointers that would be great.
    The gene pool could use a little chlorine.
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    • TheOwl
      Service Manager

      Site Contributor
      1,000+ Posts
      • Nov 2008
      • 1732
      #2
      Re: Pushing out a printer via a login script

      Does this customer use a server and if so, what operating system is it running?

      With Windows Server 2003, you could download and install "con2prt" which you can call from within a login script.



      If you are running Windows Server 2008, then you can push the driver out by Group Policy. Once you have the Group Policy setup, then you can test that Group Policy by jumping on a users computer and typing in "gpupdate /force" with out the quotation marks. If it works, then just get your users to restart their computers.
      Please don't ask me for firmware or service manuals as refusal often offends.

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        • JSC
          Gimp

          500+ Posts
          • Dec 2006
          • 618
          #3
          Re: Pushing out a printer via a login script

          Originally posted by TheOwl
          Does this customer use a server and if so, what operating system is it running?

          With Windows Server 2003, you could download and install "con2prt" which you can call from within a login script.



          If you are running Windows Server 2008, then you can push the driver out by Group Policy. Once you have the Group Policy setup, then you can test that Group Policy by jumping on a users computer and typing in "gpupdate /force" with out the quotation marks. If it works, then just get your users to restart their computers.
          Thanks for the info TheOwl, as it turned out they had a IT guy there when I turned up.

          they did indeed have server 2008 and we pushed out the driver via Group Policy. But I will definately have a 'play' with the con2prt.

          Thanks for the help and Info.
          The gene pool could use a little chlorine.

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            • morpk
              Technician

              50+ Posts
              • Oct 2010
              • 97
              #4
              Re: Pushing out a printer via a login script

              find the best way is a simple VB Script or GPO is the way to go. but you can see if the IT person is already running a script:
              \\servername\netlogon
              there might be a .bat file or a .VBS running you can always piggyback off an already running script.

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