Almost 3 years ago I did a blogpost on deploying printer drivers during a task sequence. That one is based on PnPutil.exe which is fine, but probably not the best solution. Therefore using a CMD file, with multiple commands for different printer models may be better. Let's have a look at that.
When you want to deploy a single print driver or multiple printer drivers, use the following command instead:
RUNDLL32 PRINTUI.DLL,PrintUIEntry /ia /m "<Printer model>" /f "<INF path>\<INF filename>"
RUNDLL32 PRINTUI.DLL,PrintUIEntry /ia /m "<Printer model>" /f "<INF path>\<INF filename>"
RUNDLL32 PRINTUI.DLL,PrintUIEntry /ia /m "<Printer model>" /f "<INF path>\<INF filename>"
This command can be placed multiple times in a CMD file (for example), so just create folders for different models and drivers, and have a CMD file in the root, which is pointing to the different locations. That way printer drivers can be installed easily.
Hope it helps!
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Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Deploy printer drivers during ConfigMgr task sequence
Last week it was needed to install printer drivers on already deployed Windows 7 systems. Because driver packages can be used only during OS deployment (within a task sequence) that was not an option. Lucky me I found another way for doing this, just use the PnPutil command to do this. Let's have a look at the needed steps now!
Create a new software package (instead of a driver package) without a program, and per model. Add all the packages created to a task sequence, using the "Run command line" option. Put in a name, select the needed package (created before), select a account with enough permissions (because drivers cannot be installed with the system account afterwards), and add a command line:
cmd.exe /c PnPutil.exe -i -a C:\_SMSTaskSequence\Packages\<PackageID>\*.inf
After that all .inf files available in the package will be scanned and needed drivers installed cq. injected in the Windows 7 driver store. In my opinion a very easy solution to install (printer) drivers on already installed systems. Hope it helps!
Source: danovich.com.au > Thanks for sharing!
Example for another way of installing printers:
RUNDLL32 PRINTUI.DLL,PrintUIEntry /ia /m "<Printer model>" /f "<INF path>\<INF filename>"
Create a new software package (instead of a driver package) without a program, and per model. Add all the packages created to a task sequence, using the "Run command line" option. Put in a name, select the needed package (created before), select a account with enough permissions (because drivers cannot be installed with the system account afterwards), and add a command line:
cmd.exe /c PnPutil.exe -i -a C:\_SMSTaskSequence\Packages\<PackageID>\*.inf
After that all .inf files available in the package will be scanned and needed drivers installed cq. injected in the Windows 7 driver store. In my opinion a very easy solution to install (printer) drivers on already installed systems. Hope it helps!
Source: danovich.com.au > Thanks for sharing!
Example for another way of installing printers:
RUNDLL32 PRINTUI.DLL,PrintUIEntry /ia /m "<Printer model>" /f "<INF path>\<INF filename>"
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