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Author Mapping a printer from a script
Andrew
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2nd May 09 at 21:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I've done this before but can't for the life of me remember how. It's pissing me off now so please help
James_DT
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2nd May 09 at 21:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
net use lpt1: \\computername\printer /persistent:yes

If you don't want it to reconnect automatically after log on, remove the end bit.

[Edited on 02-05-2009 by James_DT]
Andrew
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2nd May 09 at 21:36   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
best to use lpt1 or a virtual port?
James_DT
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2nd May 09 at 21:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Doesn't really seem matter.
Our network printers are mapped to lpt1 and lpt2 and we don't get any problems.
Andrew
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2nd May 09 at 21:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Cheers James. I couldn't for the life of me remember how to do it
James_DT
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2nd May 09 at 21:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Actually, I've just remembered that non-admin users can't map a network printer to LPT1 if it's already mapped to the local parallel port!
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313644/
Andrew
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2nd May 09 at 21:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
saying it's mapped sucessfully but no printer is appearing. I'll give myself local admin rights and see if that works

 
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