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Publish a Printer to AD using pSetPrtInfo
Question:
I am working on a script that will create print queues on a remote print server. The problem is I cannot figure out how to use request 12 to share the printer or publish in AD. The help file does not provide any examples on how to do this. I am using WWPRT44I.DLL= With 2004DI don't understand how I share a printer using this command. How do I "flip" the 8th bit for sharing or the 8192 bit for Publishing. There is not enough arguments to add a 0 or a 1 .. I am confused...
pSetPrtInfo((STRCAT("\\",PRTSRV,"\",QUEUE)),12 ,81)
Any Ideas?
Answer:
The PRINTER_ATTRIBUTE_PUBLISHED flag merely indicates whether the printer is published in the directory service. It doesn't seem to actually publish the printer.I did a little research on how to publish a printer.... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;234619
For NON Windows 2000-Based Computers publishing can be accomplished by running a script on the system called 'pubprn.vbs'.
More...
The pSetPrtInfo function simply calls the SetPrinter API to set the data for a specified printer. It currently uses the PRINTER_INFO_2 structure to set detailed information about the printer. The following tech article states that the SetPrinter API should use the PRINTER_INFO_7 structure. The dwAction member of this structure indicates whether SetPrinter should publish, unpublish, re-publish, or update the printer's data in the directory service.
Print Spooler Support for Printer Directory Services
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/gdi/prntspol_7nqq.asp?frame=true We may need to update the pSetPrtInfo Function to handle for this. I will pass this request on to our developers.
MORE:
Looks like a new printer function will be necessary to publish a printer. That is currently in the works.Article ID: W16355
File Created: 2005:02:18:12:20:00
Last Updated: 2005:02:18:12:20:00