Manual install (Copy & Paste) of driver files

_{Tuesday, January 10, 2012 2:41 PM}

Hi all,

I have a user in a completely different timezone (New zealand), and am trying to support him with a printer install.

He has the printer installed on his local machine, and whats to take it through to a server 2003 session using remote desktop.

This is fine and the settings are correct, however the server now needs a driver for it to function correctly.

I have the driver file downloaded from the manufacturers website, but they are siply the files, no installer.

This means that I can not install them for him so it works when he next connects.

As far as im aware, when he logs in using remote desktop, it does not ask to install any drivers, if it can find them it wont use any.

Seeing as how I will be asleep when he next logs in, is there anyway I can manually install the drivers so that they are loaded when he logs in?

I assume it is not as simply as dragging and dropping them into the C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers folder?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Eds

_{Tuesday, January 10, 2012 5:28 PM ✅Answered}

You can use prndrvr.vbs in system32 or rundll32 to install signed drivers from files.

Usage: rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /?

/ia install printer driver using inf file

Alan Morris Windows Printing Team

_{Wednesday, January 11, 2012 9:52 PM}

thats great thanks.

Found you can also do it from file -> server settings, in the printers and faxes window.

From here you can add individual printer drivers from file.

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