Printer not appearing until Reboot
I'm working on packaging an app. A printer driver is installed during the manual installation of this application. The printer appears in the list of available Printers right after the install.
However, running my package, I have to reboot before the printer appears. Did I miss capturing a setting? What can I do? Are there a registry setting(s) to correct this? Thanks!
However, running my package, I have to reboot before the printer appears. Did I miss capturing a setting? What can I do? Are there a registry setting(s) to correct this? Thanks!
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Posted by:
mrtap
20 years ago
I have found that the best way to add a printer is not to capture the registry settings, but to create a custom action that installs via APIs (this is likely to be the same as the vendor installation uses).
Run "RUNDLL32 PRINTUI.DLL,PrintUIEntry /?" to find out the various command line options available (as well as a number of examples)
Run "RUNDLL32 PRINTUI.DLL,PrintUIEntry /?" to find out the various command line options available (as well as a number of examples)
Posted by:
KPrinz
20 years ago
Hi,
I have the same issue. I use:
rundll32 PRINTUI.DLL,PrintUIEntry /ga /c%computername% /n"\\%VARSSERVER%\%VARSPRINTER%" /j"LanMan Print Services"
to add an networked printer for all users, works like a charm, but only after reboot.
I guess the GUI triggers a refresh... But I also have no clue on how to archieve this manually. For right now, I just reboot...
I have the same issue. I use:
rundll32 PRINTUI.DLL,PrintUIEntry /ga /c%computername% /n"\\%VARSSERVER%\%VARSPRINTER%" /j"LanMan Print Services"
to add an networked printer for all users, works like a charm, but only after reboot.
I guess the GUI triggers a refresh... But I also have no clue on how to archieve this manually. For right now, I just reboot...
Posted by:
Sweede
20 years ago
Hi,
Since You have used /ga You have to stop and start the PrintSpooler service
I could be done from a custom action.
Test it, instead of reboot stop the service and start it againg and see it works
sc \\targetcomputername stop spooler
sc \\targetcomputername start spooler
In the dos prompt try to run sc to se how to use it
Sweede :-)
Since You have used /ga You have to stop and start the PrintSpooler service
I could be done from a custom action.
Test it, instead of reboot stop the service and start it againg and see it works
sc \\targetcomputername stop spooler
sc \\targetcomputername start spooler
In the dos prompt try to run sc to se how to use it
Sweede :-)
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