adding printing ports & printers systematically on x64 Windows 2003 R2 Eric <ericjdavis[ at ]gmail.com> 6/12/2007 11:52:01 PM I would like to script the creation of 50+ printers on a new x64 R2 Windows 2003 server. That includes 50 ports, with 50 printers shared out. (using VB script or PowerShell) For this task, I normally use a script (vbscript) I wrote which used PRNADMIN.DLL. (works great remotely or locally on a x32 server) However, I've been unsuccesful adding ports and printers using the same script on an x64 server. (both remotely and locally) - (remotely was using a x32 client) The scripts, prndrvr.vbs & prnport.vbs, (as supplied with the install of 2003 x64 R2), also do NOT work. I HAVE been successful in using RUNDLL32 PRINTUI.DLL,PrintUIEntry to add the printers, (and even install the drivers), but it only works LOCALLY on the x64 server, (which is ok i suppose), but the problem is, I can't figure out how to add the local TCP/IP ports. So, the short and simple question is: Can anyone tell me how to add TCP/IP ports to a x64 2003 R2 server using Vbscript or command line? -Eric ps - (WMI doesn't work either)

Re: adding printing ports & printers systematically on x64 Windows 2003 R2 "Alan Morris [MSFT]" <alanmo[ at ]online.microsoft.com> 6/13/2007 5:53:06 PM prndrvr.vbs and prnport.vbs work fine on x64 WMI only allows signed driver installation so if unsigned drivers are used prndrvr.vbs will not work on x86 or x64. WMI also does not support cluster names so the vbs scripts in system32 must be targeted against a non clustered machine -- Alan Morris Windows Printing Team Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "Eric" <ericjdavis[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message news:1181692321.513243.261190[ at ]a26g2000pre.googlegroups.com... [Quoted Text] >I would like to script the creation of 50+ printers on a new x64 R2 > Windows 2003 server. That includes 50 ports, with 50 printers shared > out. (using VB script or PowerShell) > > For this task, I normally use a script (vbscript) I wrote which used > PRNADMIN.DLL. (works great remotely or locally on a x32 server) > > However, I've been unsuccesful adding ports and printers using the > same script on an x64 server. (both remotely and locally) - (remotely > was using a x32 client) > > The scripts, prndrvr.vbs & prnport.vbs, (as supplied with the install > of 2003 x64 R2), also do NOT work. > > I HAVE been successful in using RUNDLL32 PRINTUI.DLL,PrintUIEntry to > add the printers, (and even install the drivers), but it only works > LOCALLY on the x64 server, (which is ok i suppose), but the problem > is, I can't figure out how to add the local TCP/IP ports. > > So, the short and simple question is: > > Can anyone tell me how to add TCP/IP ports to a x64 2003 R2 server > using Vbscript or command line? > > -Eric > > ps - (WMI doesn't work either) >

Re: adding printing ports & printers systematically on x64 Windows 2003 R2 Eric <ericjdavis[ at ]gmail.com> 6/13/2007 8:41:21 PM Thanks Alan for the reply! (very good info) However, maybe you can help with this. (and the reason why I stated originally that prnport.vbs doesn't work on x64) When I tried prnport.vbs on the x64 test machine, (not a node cluster) I used this syntax: (exactly what was printed in the sample) cscript prnport.vbs -a -r IP_1.2.3.4 -h 1.2.3.4 I get the following out: Unable to create/update port IP_1.2.3.4 Error 0x80041008 Invalid parameter. Thoughts? Any further help would be appreciated! -Eric PS - Also, any thought of someone recompiling PRNADMIN to x64? :)

Re: adding printing ports & printers systematically on x64 Windows 2003 R2 "Alan Morris [MSFT]" <alanmo[ at ]online.microsoft.com> 6/14/2007 4:23:55 PM Yes that is exactly the same error on x86 G:\>prnport -a -r IP_1.2.3.4 -h 1.2.3.4 Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.6 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1996-2001. All rights reserved. Unable to create/update port IP_1.2.3.4 Error 0x80041008 Invalid parameter When the IP does not exist or not yet on the network, you will need to specify the protocol and LPR queue name for the device. If the device is not included in tcpmon.ini you may also need to pass in the device configuration to the script. G:\>prnport -a -r IP_1.2.3.4 -h 1.2.3.4 -o raw Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.6 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1996-2001. All rights reserved. Created/updated port IP_1.2.3.4 G:\>prnport -a -r IP_5.6.7.8 -h 5.6.7.8 -o lpr -q LPTPASSTHRU Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.6 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1996-2001. All rights reserved. Created/updated port IP_5.6.7.8 PS. I'll ping you at the gmail address with x64 prnadmin.dll information. -- Alan Morris Windows Printing Team Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "Eric" <ericjdavis[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message news:1181767281.274750.264070[ at ]x35g2000prf.googlegroups.com... [Quoted Text] > > Thanks Alan for the reply! (very good info) > > However, maybe you can help with this. (and the reason why I stated > originally that prnport.vbs doesn't work on x64) > > When I tried prnport.vbs on the x64 test machine, (not a node cluster) > I used this syntax: (exactly what was printed in the sample) > > cscript prnport.vbs -a -r IP_1.2.3.4 -h 1.2.3.4 > > I get the following out: > > Unable to create/update port IP_1.2.3.4 Error 0x80041008 Invalid > parameter. > > Thoughts? > > Any further help would be appreciated! > > -Eric > > PS - Also, any thought of someone recompiling PRNADMIN to x64? :) >

Re: adding printing ports & printers systematically on x64 Windows 2003 R2 Eric <ericjdavis[ at ]gmail.com> 6/14/2007 8:58:30 PM Very nice. Thanks. I guess I've been so used to using my prnadmin script I forget how to not use it. I look forward to any additoinal information you have via my gmail email regarding x64 prnadmin -E