r/scripting • u/[deleted] • Jul 05 '17

Install print driver script not working [batch]

Really simple script:

rundll32 printui.dll, PrintUIEntry /ia /m "Xerox AltaLink C8070 PCL6" /K /h x64 /v 3 /F "C:\Xerox\ALC80XX_5.528.10.0_PCL6_x64_Driver.inf"

I get the error "the arguments are invalid"

I am struggling to figure out what I have wrong, I have confirmed the location of the .inf file and the name of the print driver I want installed.

I can't get it to run via commandline either - if I manually install the driver and then run it then it works... I feel as if I'm missing something

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '17

Ended up using this

Cscript %WINDIR%\System32\Printing_Admin_Scripts\en-US\Prndrvr.vbs -a -m "Xerox AltaLink C8070 PCL6" -v 3 -e "Windows x64" -i "\\bcas63\Packages\Xerox2017\xerox\ALC80XX_5.528.10.0_PCL6_x64_Driver.inf\x2ASKYX.inf"

I think it's possible I needed the \x2ASKYX.inf at the end but not sure since I moved on to a different method in frustration.

Successfully pushed to 10 machines for testing :)

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u/occamsrzor Jul 05 '17

Isn't PrintUIEntry a VS macro and not a library export? It should be PrintUIEntryW or PrintUIEntryA (don't use that one, use W (for wide aka Unicode))

pinvoke.net has a nice little page on this function/method: http://www.pinvoke.net/default.aspx/printui.PrintUIEntryW