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Assign printers to users based on IP address

Last post 05-29-2008, 3:05 PM by jturnervbs. 1 replies.


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05-26-2008, 11:41 PM 29707

dbranscome
Joined on 05-27-2008
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Assign printers to users based on IP address

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My scenario is this:

I have users in NY - subnet is 10.0.x.x; I also have users in LA with subnet 10.1.x.x. Users travel in between the two sites with laptops.

How do I set up a script that maps the printers for the laptop users based on the IP address they receive?

I know this isn't a complicated setup, but I'm confused.

Thanks for any help.

Dave

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05-29-2008, 3:05 PM 29719 in reply to 29707

jturnervbs
Joined on 03-12-2007
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Re: Assign printers to users based on IP address

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To add a printer and make it the default, try the following:

Set oNet = CreateObject("Wscript.Network")
oNet.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\PrintServerName\PrinterName"
oNet.SetDefaultPrinter "\\PrintServerName\PrinterName"

Where \\PrinterServerName is the print server and \Printer is the name of the printer.

Check out the WMI Win32 class "Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration" if you need help acquiring the IP address.

Good luck.

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