Powershell v2 - Installing Printer

Question

I'm trying to automate printer installation on windows 7 x64, by using Powershell script. So far I have a script that successfully creates TCP/IP port but gives me an error - The arguments are invalid, when it executes printer installation part of the code. Any ideas on how to fix the problem and successfully install a printer through the Powershell? The code is as follows:

$hostAddress = "172.16.2.24" 
$portNumber = "9100"  
$computer = $env:COMPUTERNAME 

$wmi= [wmiclass]"\\$computer\root\cimv2:win32_tcpipPrinterPort" 
#$wmi.psbase.scope.options.enablePrivileges = $true 
$newPort = $wmi.createInstance() 

$newPort.hostAddress = $hostAddress 
$newPort.name = "IP_" + $hostAddress 
$newPort.portNumber = $portNumber 
$newPort.SNMPEnabled = $false 
$newPort.Protocol = 1 
$newPort.put()

CMD.EXE /C "printui.exe /if /b "Test Printer" /f C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ftp\Prdrivers\HP Universal Print Driver\pcl6-x64-5.7.0.16448\hpbuio100l.inf /r "IP_172.16.2.24" /m "HP Laser Jet P3015""

Question Update: This is the working CMD code, so how do I incorporate it into the Powershell code above ?

printui.exe /if /b "HP Universal Printing PCL 6" /f "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ftp\Prdrivers\HP Universal Print Driver\pcl6-x64-5.7.0.16448\hpbuio100l.inf" /u /r "IP_172.16.2.24" /m "HP Universal Printing PCL 6"

Answer 1

To embed double-quotes within a double-quoted string you need to escape them. Since you are not using variables, it is easier to use a single quoted string e.g.:

CMD.EXE /C 'printui.exe /if /b "Test Printer" /f C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ftp\Prdrivers\HP Universal Print Driver\pcl6-x64-5.7.0.16448\hpbuio100l.inf /r "IP_172.16.2.24" /m "HP Laser Jet P3015"'

If you ever need to use PowerShell variables inside this string, then you will need to switch back to double quotes and escape the necessary DQ characters e.g:

CMD.EXE /C "printui.exe /if /b `"$PrinterName`" /f C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ftp\Prdrivers\HP Universal Print Driver\pcl6-x64-5.7.0.16448\hpbuio100l.inf /r `"IP_172.16.2.24`" /m `"HP Laser Jet P3015`""

Answer 2

Sorry, but im not sure why you are calling CMD /C @PARAMS. I am just calling the printui.exe directly and it is working, and I only double quote the Args

# Printer Info, I keep this in an SQL DB, and return these values with a query:
$printerID = "<PrinterNameOrID>"
$printerIP = "<PrinterIP>"
$printerPort = "IP_$printerIP"
$printerModel = "<PrinterModelFromINF>"
$driverINFPath = "<UNCPathToDriverINF>"

# Build a new Local TCP Printer Port, naming it with values unique to the Printer ID:
$newPort = ([wmiclass]"Win32_TcpIpPrinterPort").CreateInstance()
$newPort.HostAddress = $printerIP
$newPort.Name = $printerPort
$newPort.PortNumber = "9100"
$newPort.Protocol = 1
$newPort.Put()

# Add the printer
printui.exe /if /b "$printerID" /f "$driverINFPath" /u /r "$printerPort" /m "$printerModel"

Answer 3

I know this has already been answered but you could borrow the code I have in this Excel Workbook (there is a link in the article). I realize it uses VBS but these are built in scripts in Windows and cutting / pasting into Excel has saved me many times and I've installed thousands of printers this way

best-tool-for-printer-creation-excel-vs-print-management-console

Answer 4

Try this:

runas /user:Contoso.com\user1 "printui.exe /if /b \"Test Printer\" /f \"C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ftp\Prdrivers\HP Universal Print Driver\pcl6-x64-5.7.0.16448\hpbuio100l.inf\" /r \"IP_172.16.2.24\" /m \"HP Laser Jet P3015\""