[sdw2003] Push out a new print driver

[JC Harkins]

Hello group,

 

I have a customer that just installed a new Ricoh printer/fax/scanner/etc.
To make it easy for myself, I installed the printer on the server and shared
it. From there, I mapped the printer to all of the users via a batch file.

 

net use \\server\MPC2550 /PERSISTENT:NO

start \\server\MPC2550 <file:///\\server\MPC2550> 

 

After everything was up and running and all of the users had logged off and
then back on to map the printer, of course, the IT manager changed her mind,
of course, and told me to change everyone's printing preferences to Black
and White. I don't want to go to each PC and make the changes so I'm trying
to figure out how to push out a new setup for the printer using either the
batch files or a onetime script/process.

 

I was thinking of adding "net use \\server\MPC2550
<file:///\\server\MPC2550>  /delete" to the logon scripts right before the
call to use the printer. I think this will force the PC to delete the
current printer then remap it with the new preferences. Or "rundll32
printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /dn /q /n\\server\MPC2550" but I have no experience
calling dll files from the command line.

 

Server 2003 and XP are in use at the site.

 

Any help and insight would be greatly appreciated!

 

Thanks,

JC