Chapter 23. Working with Printers

This chapter provides information and commands concerning the following topics:

Publishing printers to Active Directory with pubprn.vbs

Migrating printers with printbrm

Controlling the print queue with prnqctl.vbs

Tip

You should be familiar with the printer commands when preparing for the 70-642 exam.

Publishing Printers to Active Directory with pubprn.vbs

You can use the pubprn.vbs script to publish printers to Active Directory. pubprn.vbs is located in the c:\windows\system32\printing_admin_scripts\en-us folder.

Tip

For installations outside the U.S., you might not have the en-us folder. However, you can locate the pubprn.vbs file with this command from the root of C: dir pubprn.vbs /s.

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