Installing driver over the network
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3. Network Setup
/p”<port name>” or
/P”<port name>”
Specifies printer port.
Network Port will
be created by use
of Standard TCP/IP
Port monitor. For
local port, this port
must exist on
system before
being specified by
command.
Printer port name can be
specified as IP address,
hostname, USB local port
name, IEEE1284 port name or
network path.
For example:
•
/p”xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx” in
where, “xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx”
means IP address for
network printer. /
p”USB001”, /P”LPT1:”, /
p”hostname”
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/
p"\\computer_name\shar
ed_printer" or
"\\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx\shared_
printer" in where,
"\\computer_name\share
d_printer" or
"\\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx\shared_
printer" means the
network path to the
printer by entering two
slashes, the computer
name or local IP address of
the PC sharing the printer,
and then the share name
of the printer.
Command- line
Definition
Description
/a”<dest_path>” or
/A”<dest_path>”
Specifies destination path
for installation.
The destination
path should be a
fully qualified
path.
Since machine drivers should
be installed on the OS
specific location, this
command applies to only
application software.
/n”<Printer name>”
or
/N”<Printer name>”
Specifies printer name.
Printer instance shall be
created as specified
printer name.
With this parameter, you can
add printer instances as your
wishes.
/nd or
/ND
Commands not to set the
installed driver as a default
machine driver.
It indicates installed machine
driver will not be the default
machine driver on your
system if there are one or
more printer drivers installed.
If there is no installed
machine driver on your
system, then this option
won’t be applied because
Windows OS will set installed
printer driver as a default
machine driver.
Command- line
Definition
Description
