Company Letter For Allowance

IP Print No More Net

With any new operating system features are new, some change and others disappear. The disappearance does not occur from one day to the other, is usually triggered by living with a version that replaces the function. When we started adding to our network equipment with new operating systems, we must ensure that all functioning as transparent as possible for the user.

With Windows 7 can not connect a printer using the NET PRINT command. The new way is with a printer management scripts that are included in the directory (Fig 1)

C: \\ Windows \\ System32 \\ Printing_Admin_Scripts \\ en-US>

Fig 1

NET PRINT

was (or still is) used to capture printers. Many include the NET PRINT command to capture users' printers in the logon.

scripts were already included in Windows Vista, but not in Windows XP. Also can be used in Windows XP to capture printer, delete, select the default printer, etc. As a

. Vbs file should run with cscript command on both Windows XP, Vista or 7.

Examples:

Capture a printer: cscript
prnmngr.vbs-ac-p \\ \\ PrintServer \\ Printer

Clear a printer: cscript
prnmngr.vbs-d-p \\ \\ PrintServer \\ Printer

Set as default printer: cscript
prnmngr.vbs-t-p \\ \\ PrintServer \\ Printer

If you want to use Windows 7 in our network this is an example of some things that should change soon, to find no problems after implementation.

To learn more ... Command-line Reference (Prnmngr.vbs)