Pre-Installed Printer Drivers

[cheekycharly]

Hi Folks, I just tried NTLite for the first time and I am loving it! I told the base OS to include the drivers to my Kyocera and I know they are in there but how would I pre-install the driver so that in Print management it shows under All Drivers. Feel like there is an extra step or a script I would need to run.

Thank you in advance!

 

[garlin]

If your image has the correct printer drivers installed, then add a PowerShell script to Post-Setup (Machine).

Read this guide, and skip the steps where they add the driver files. But pay attention to how the driver and ports are named.

Install, remove, list, and set default printer with PowerShell – 4sysops

With PowerShell, you can easily install a printer driver, add a printer to the repository, and then add a local or shared network printer to your Windows instal

4sysops.com

Copy script as Add-Printer.ps1

Add-PrinterDriver -Name "Samsung M337x 387x 407x Series"
Add-Printer -DriverName "Samsung M337x 387x 407x Series" -Name "Samsung M337x" -PortName (Get-PrinterPort -Name LocalPort*).Name

$Printer = Get-CimInstance -Class Win32_Printer -Filter "Name='Samsung M337x'"
Invoke-CimMethod -InputObject $Printer -MethodName SetDefaultPrinter

 

[lbd1277]

Hello,

I added the Printerdriver with no issue ( Add-PrinterDriver -Name "HP Officejet Pro 9010 series PCL-3")

When I try and add the Printer I get the error below , trying to get it to add as a WSD

What am I missing ?

Add-Printer -DriverName "HP Officejet Pro 9010 series PCL-3" -Name "HP 9010" -PortName (Get-PrinterPort -Name LocalPort*).Name
Add-Printer : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'PortName'. The argument is null or empty. Provide an argument that is not null or empty, and then try the command again.
At line:1 char:88
+ ... -3" -Name "HP 9010" -PortName (Get-PrinterPort -Name LocalPort*).Name
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: ) [Add-Printer], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationError,Add-Printer

Below is a screen shot of the port settings when windows adds the printer




Below is the output when running the powershell command

 

[garlin]

Your printer is network-based. Try this script:

# PCL-3 driver
pnputil.exe /add-driver "\HP\driver\folder\hpygid29_v4.inf" /install

Add-PrinterDriver -Name "HP OfficeJet Pro 9010 series PCL-3"
Add-PrinterPort -Name "IP_192.168.0.10" -PrinterHostAddress "192.168.0.10"
Add-Printer -Name "HP Officejet Pro 9010" -DriverName "HP OfficeJet Pro 9010 series PCL-3" -PortName "IP_192.168.1.10"

 

[Patrick Bateman]

I want to use the icon ,, Driver ,, how can i add a 64bit folder into it. do i have to select directory or Command?

 

[garlin]

I want to use the icon ,, Driver ,, how can i add a 64bit folder into it. do i have to select directory or Command?

What exactly are you trying to do? This thread is about adding a printer instance by scripting, instead of running Add Printers. It assumes the drivers have been already added to the image.

 

[Patrick Bateman]

What exactly are you trying to do? This thread is about adding a printer instance by scripting, instead of running Add Printers. It assumes the drivers have been already added to the image.

my bd i just wanted to open a new topic. but i was succsefull to add new drivers into the ISO.