Deleting Printers

[Guest Derek Da Silva]

Hello Everyone,

 

I've used a script to map a network printer from an old print server called

Server1 (ie. \\server1\printer) onto the XP workstation. I've recently

created a new print server (Server2) and mapped the network printer (ie.

\\server2\printer) onto the same XP workstation. When I attempt to remove

the old print driver from Server1 using a script the command fails because

Server1 is no longer active on the network. Is there a way to force the

network printer connection to be deleted?

 

I've tried the following commands:

 

rundll32 printui.dll PrintUIEntry /dn /n\\server1\printer

removeprinterconnection in a VBS script with the force delete option

 

It seems none of the aforementioned commands want to work because they are

unable to communicate with the old print server.

 

I appreciate any suggestions to resolve this issue.

 

Thank you,

D

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Deleting Printers

 

See the replies you received in "scripting.vbscript".

See also here about the merits of cross-posting:

http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm

 

 

"Derek Da Silva" <noreply@hotmail.com> wrote in message

news:62D5F499-475F-437C-98B0-E562C5BBB22F@microsoft.com...

> Hello Everyone,

>

> I've used a script to map a network printer from an old print server

> called Server1 (ie. \\server1\printer) onto the XP workstation. I've

> recently created a new print server (Server2) and mapped the network

> printer (ie. \\server2\printer) onto the same XP workstation. When I

> attempt to remove the old print driver from Server1 using a script the

> command fails because Server1 is no longer active on the network. Is

> there a way to force the network printer connection to be deleted?

>

> I've tried the following commands:

>

> rundll32 printui.dll PrintUIEntry /dn /n\\server1\printer

> removeprinterconnection in a VBS script with the force delete option

>

> It seems none of the aforementioned commands want to work because they are

> unable to communicate with the old print server.

>

> I appreciate any suggestions to resolve this issue.

>

> Thank you,

> D

>

>

>