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pubprn

Publishes a printer to the Active Directory Domain Services. Windows commands reference

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Publishes a printer to the Active Directory Domain Services. This command is a Visual Basic script located in the %WINdir%\System32\printing_Admin_Scripts\<language> directory. To use this command at a command prompt, type cscript followed by the full path to the pubprn file, or change directories to the appropriate folder. For example: cscript %WINdir%\System32\printing_Admin_Scripts\en-US\pubprn.

cscript pubprn {<servername> | <UNCprinterpath>} LDAP://CN=<container>,DC=<container>
cscript pubprn Server1 LDAP://CN=MyContainer,DC=MyDomain,DC=company,DC=Com
cscript pubprn \\Server1\Laserprinter1 LDAP://CN=MyContainer,DC=MyDomain,DC=company,DC=Com
<servername>Specifies the name of the Windows server that hosts the printer that you want to publish. If you don't specify a computer, the local computer is used.
<UNCprinterpath>The Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path to the shared printer that you want to publish.
LDAP://CN=<Container>,DC=<Container>Specifies the path to the container in Active Directory Domain Services where you want to publish the printer.
/?Displays help at the command prompt.

See also

print command reference