Setup a printer from command line issues

Question

I have been trying to figure out why my arguments are not working. I was originally creating a .bat file with the PrinterUIEntry commands, but I was getting an "Invalid Argument" error. I switched to the cscript method and I am still not understanding
why it get errors on the driver install and printer install. The user of the created batch file will be non-IT users. I want to send a package with them with the unzipped printer drivers and install using the .inf file. I can't seem to get it
working properly and don't want to waste more time trying to figure out what is wrong. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
====First method attempted====
rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /ia /c\\L638 /l "C:\Temp\NC Print Drivers\dellopd_A06\dellopd.inf"
----Error read "Invalid Arguments"
rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /if /c\\L638 /f "C:\Temp\dellopd_A06\dellopd.inf" /b"Dell 5210n" /u /r "IP_192.168.10.157"
----Error read "Invalid Arguments"
=====Current method====
cscript C:\Windows\System32\Printing_Admin_Scripts\en-US\prnport.vbs -a -r IP_192.168.10.157 -h 192.168.10.157
----This creates the port just fine, no errors
cscript C:\Windows\System32\Printing_Admin_Scripts\en-US\prndrvr.vbs -a -i "C:\Temp\dellopd_A06\dellopd.inf" -h "C:\Temp\dellopd_A06"
----Error reads "Unable to add printer driver Error 0x80041008"
cscript C:\Windows\System32\Printing_Admin_Scripts\en-US\prnmngr.vbs -a -p "Dell 5210n" -r "192.168.10.157"
----Error reads "Unable to add printer Dell 5210n Error 0x80041008 invalid parameter
                          Operation PutInstance
                          Provider CIMWin32
                          Description
                          Win32 Error Code"

Answer 1

Hi,
Would you please try following commands?
Please don't add quotes on the inf file path: change the driver folder name NC Print Drivers as NCPrintDrivers.
rundll32 printui.dll PrintUIEntry /if /f C:\Temp\NCPrintDrivers\dellopd_A06\dellopd.inf /r "192.168.10.157"
Make sure to run the command as admin.
Let me know if it can work fine.
Kate Li
TechNet Community Support